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Former Exec: Bean Counters Drove GM Down

President Obama is set to announce new fuel economy standards for Detroit’s Big Three Friday. The President is also touting the financial bailout of the auto industry as an economic success story for his Administration and the recently-retired head of product development at General Motors agrees. Bob Lutz – renown in the auto industry for a half-century -- says what drove GM DOWN was relying on financial projections instead of gut instinct. WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter talked to Lutz about his new book “Car Guys Versus Bean Counters…”