{THE POWER LIST}

MOVERS, SHAKERS, HEART-BREAKERS IN THE MERCURIAL WORLD OF AUTODOM THERE’S NO BIZ LIKE SHOW BIZ

words todd lassa

1. RICK WAGONER General Motors chairman/CEO WHEN YOU’RE SLIPPING TO SECOND, YOU TRY HARDER Why he’s number one: Carlos Ghosn says there’s no problem at a car company that good product can’t fix. Rick Wagoner has taken this message to heart. He’s let number-one car guy Bob Lutz fix problems that Ron Zarella’s “brand management” brought on. Every General Motors engineer and designer on this Power List has contributed to Wagoner’s standing and the company’s regained product success. And Lutz’s car-guy attitude has rubbed off on Wagoner, who inspired the “Blue Devil” Corvette ZR1 (see feature story on page 28, this issue). Vanquished? Last year, we gave Wagoner credit for surviving former major GM shareholder Kirk Kerkorian’s Machiavellian move to replace Wagoner with Ghosn. Then Toyota started selling more vehicles globally than GM, but later…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2008

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