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Bob Lutz has seen some heaping helpings of General Motors' money since signing on with the corporation in 2001. But even if his turbocharged and intercooled pay packet bought GM only one thing - a reminder that the company had important engineering chops in places like Europe and Asia - it was worth it. Lutz is no dummy. Although he'd publicly told everyone what they thought they wanted to hear - that GM would engineer cars in North America for North American consumption - he had long since wised up to the sad, simple fact: we don't build 'em so well over here anymore. Somewhere along the way, the American industry's fascination with easy money - the sort promised by pickup trucks and SUVs - had led it to take its eye off cars.
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