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| MG: Lutz could be persuaded to lead a buyout |
Like the man said, the giant corporation that currently employs him as its vice-chairman of global product development simply doesn't want or need - and can't afford - yet another new marque. But if the MG brand came up for grabs on its own, without Rover, might there then be interest in an acquisition? Lutz doesn't hesitate but chooses his words very, very carefully.
'Er, it would interest me personally, not professionally. After I retire from General Motors I could be persuaded to lead a buyout.'
It's impossible to gauge whether he's being entirely serious. But I give him ample opportunity to modify, withdraw or laugh off his intriguing comment: he doesn't.
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| With his piles of cash, Bob bought this plane |
Neither does he deny that he has made an extraordinary pile of cash for himself by working at the highest level for BMW, Ford, Chrysler and GM over several lucrative decades. (Being employed in the boardrooms of US auto corporations is said to be as profitable as acting in Hollywood - only the work's more regular.)
And when he talks about retirement from GM, he knows it surely cannot be too far away. After all, he was born in 1932. But he's 74 going on 47 and still has plenty of time, energy, enthusiasm - and money - to invest in the MG brand he openly admits he's a great and long-term fan of.
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