IN THIS FEATURE A man of strong opinions A surprising love of MG Rover 74 going on 47 Vauxhall and Opel The best sports car in the world? Matching Toyota

I've only ever met two people who have strong opinions about anything and everything while never, ever knowing what it's like to be lost for words. Both are tall, broad-shouldered, somewhat intimidating men in the motor business.

One is Jeremy Clarkson. The other is General Motors vice-president Robert A Lutz.

Lutz is a man of strong opinions. How strong? Well, let's start with the war in Iraq and Arthur Scargill.

Lutz says he's not close enough to the conflict in the Middle East to have definitive views on the subject. But...

Apparently, Bob doesn't have definitive views on the conflict in the Middle East...

'The insurgents are the wackos from all over the Arab world. I mean, they're just sucking in all the crazies. I think it's kinda nice to have them all in one place. No, seriously... There was one report from the Marine Corps which I love. A colonel was walking the line, talking to the men, and asking them how things are going. The sarge reported that it's going great because they [the insurgents] can't wait to die and the US Military can't wait to kill 'em.'

His views on the UK and its most notorious union leader are equally intriguing and controversial.