Car Guys vs. Bean Counters - Bob Lutz [108]
Automobile
automation
Automotive Task Force
badge engineering
Barabba,Vince
Battenberg, J. T.
Bauer, Art
Beck, Glenn
best practices
Bloom, Ron
BMW
Bossidy, Larry
brand management
Branson, Richard
Buffett, Warren
Buick
Enclave
LaCrosse
Quiet Servant system and
Regal
Burns, Larry
business, as science
Cadillac
Christmas card of
Cimarron
CTS
dealer reduction and
engines of
expansion of sales volume
Lincoln and
16 (prototype)
SRX
STS
CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) targets
Car and Driver
Castaing, François
Cerberus
Cherry, Wayne
Chevrolet
Aveo
brands of
Camaro
Cobalt
Corvair
Cruze
Equinox
HHR
Impala
Malibu
Prizm
Tahoe
Trailblazer
Volt
China
Chrysler
brand management at
federal loan guarantees and
financial crisis and
fuel rules and
media and
mission statement of
Mitsubishi and
Planning group at
production costs and
PT Cruiser
trucks and SUVs of
CO2 emissions
complexity reduction
Consumer Reports
corporate culture
Cowger, Gary
Culman, Joe
curb test
customers
brand segments and
needs and wants of
satisfaction of
CVT (continuously variable transmission)
Daewoo
Daimler
Davis, David E., Jr.
Davis,Tom
Delphi
Dennis, Lyle
Devine, John
diesel engines
Dodge Trucks
Durant, Billy
Earl, Harley
economic value
electric vehicles
aerodynamics and
EV1
Nissan Leaf
see also hybrid vehicles
End of Detroit, The: How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market (Maynard)
Estes, Pete
EV1
excellence
Exide Technologies
Federico, Jim
Ferrari
Fiat
Fields, Mark
financial crisis of
auto industry bailout
congressional automotive hearings
Ford and
GM’s bankruptcy
stimulus and
subprime mortgage disaster
Ford
Escape
Explorer
financial crisis and
Flex
fuel rules and
Lincoln
media and
Mercury
trucks and SUVs of
Ford of Europe
camshaft problem and
Escort
Sierra
Franz, Klaus
Friedman,Thomas
fuel cells
fuel economy regulations
fuel prices
Fuji Heavy Industries
gasoline prices
Gates, Bill
GCG
General Motors (GM):
advertising by
alliance strategy of
APEX process at
apologetic ad produced by
Asia-Pacific operations of
Australian operations of, see Holden
automation at
Automotive Task Force and
bankruptcy of
best practices at
brand management at
brand pyramids at
brands shed by
brand studios at
culture of excellence at
decline of
design department of
European operations of; see also Opel; Saab;Vauxhall
exaggerated respect for authority at
federal “ownership” of
financial offices of
fuel economy regulations and
global integration of
health care costs of
history of
Jobs Bank and
Latin American operations of
Lutz’s departure from
Lutz’s hypothetical tenure as CEO of
Lutz’s memo circulated in
Lutz’s return to
manufacturing standards at
media and
meetings at
North American division of
Perceptual Quality Program Review at
Performance Management Process at
product clinics at
product development at
product portfolio of
rebirth of
regional “companies” of
strategy board meetings at
Tech Center of
vehicle line executives at
General Motors vehicles:
ashtrays in
body fit of
body paint on
electric
front-wheel drive in
Global Epsilon architecture in
interiors of
prototypes of
trucks
wheels and tires of
German automakers
fuel rules and
Gettelfinger, Ron
global warming
GMAC (General Motors Acceptance Corporation)
GMC
Terrain
XUV
Gonko, Betty
Gore,Al
grade-point averages
Guts (Lutz)
Harbour Report
Hazen, Jack
health care
Henderson, Fritz
“hider” design techniques
Holden
Honda
Accord
Acura
CR-V
Horn, Art
Hudson
Hummer
hybrid vehicles
Chevrolet Volt
parallel vs. sequential
Toyota Prius
hydrogen fuel cells
Iacocca, Lee
federal loan guarantees and
media and
Inconvenient Truth, An
Insolent Chariots, The (Keats)
Isuzu
Jaguar
Japanese automakers
alliances with
CEOs of
currency manipulation and
fuel rules and
health care and
quality surveys and
standardized work and
truck and SUV market and
voluntary restraint agreement and