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As Chrysler went through bankruptcy procedures and then finalized details for a merge with Italy's Fiat SpA, Deputy Chief Executive Jim Press was the only top official who stayed on with Chrysler's team. His main role in sticking around was to be a special adviser to Sergio Marchionne, Fiat CEO.

Today, however, reports have cropped up stating that Press will be leaving Chrysler by the end of November, according to unnamed people who have been informed of Chrysler's management changes. When reached for comment by the Wall Street Journal, Press said, "I don't think anything has been released about management changes," and then declined any further comment.

Jim Press has been with Chrysler for two years, seeing the company through very hard times. Before that, he served as a top executive for Toyota, where he was often credited for the automaker's strong growth over the past decade.

No official word has been released as to what plans Press has after leaving Chrysler, but we'll keep you posted when more official details have been released.

+ WSJ.com: Chrysler's Press to Leave Company

Bob Lutz, General Motors’ product chief who had planned to retire at the end of this year, is not leaving GM after all.

Lutz, 77, had announced in March that he would be leaving GM as, “The industry may need five years to recover.  I did the math and decided 82 was a little old to be dealing with these problems.” However, CEO Fritz Henderson stated that Lutz has agreed not to retire and that he will be working on marketing and advertising, brands and creative design. Henderson stated that GM will, “Merge the marketing, brand and image under Lutz” and that Lutz will report to Henderson.

Sources say that Lutz had been tapering his role and spending a smaller amount of time at GM, in the last few weeks. It is unclear as to how much all this will change and what kind of workload Lutz will have in the coming years.

To find out more click on the links below.

+ International Business Times: Bob Lutz to un-retire, GM CEO Henderson says
+ The Detroit Bureau: Lutz is Back at GM

AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN : ANDY TECHNOLOGY

“Maximum” Bob Lutz will make his onstage debut this Friday in Detroit, alongside Tony and Emmy award winners Elaine Stritch and Edward Hermann, in A.R. Gurney’s “Ancestral Voices,” a benefit for the Detroit Music Hall and the Restore the Horse Foundation.

The play, in which Lutz will actually be onstage acting, tells the story of three generations of a wealthy New York family, of which Lutz’s character belongs to the second generation. The performance will take place at the Music Hall on April 17 and 18, and only 100 tickets will be sold for each night at $175 a pop.

In case none of this makes sense to you (come on, it’s Bob Lutz), both Lutz and GM have been involved with these causes in the past, and Lutz happens to be friends with some of the other performers.

Though some would argue differently, Bob Lutz says he hasn’t acted onstage since high school.

Break a leg, Bob!

Follow the link below the break to the source article for more details and ticket information.

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With the recent announcement of Bob Lutz’s impending retirement from General Motors as Vice Chairman of Global Product Development, we thought it would be time to take a look at a few of the things for which Maximum Bob will be remembered.

Click through the gallery above to view our list.

BMW announced today that Chris Bangle is passing the torch as Head of Design to Adrian van Hooydonk, his right-hand man of seventeen years. Bangle will continue design work outside of the auto industry. Bangle and his team are responsible for the design of many BMW models, as well as the new Mini and Rolls-Royce models. His tenure at BMW was marked by controversial styling decisions, prompting much criticism from the brand’s enthusiasts.

Adrian van Hooydonk has worked closely with Bangle during his career at BMW, and is the former Head of the Brand Design Studio for BMW Automobiles.

Scroll down to read the official press release.

While we were out in Arizona driving the all-new 2010 Honda Insight, we had the chance to sit down and chat with Yasunari Seki, Honda's chief engineer for the Insight. Here's what he had to say.

WR: How did the Prius influence the new Insight?
YS: We didn’t base it on the Prius at all.

WR: Not even a little?
YS: The original Insight was copied by the Prius. They just added two doors to the rear! (laughs)

WR: There’s no flat “dish” wheel on this car. Why go for a standard spoke design if the Insight is supposed to save fuel?
YS: It is funny you mention this. The spoke wheel is not good for fuel economy, of course. The dish wheel really works when the rear axle is shorter in width than the front. This is how the original Insight was designed. In this car, it would have generated a little less than 1 MPG, but of course all MPG is cumulative so a lot of us wanted it. Ultimately as a company we decided to do spoke wheel, although some people still think the dish would have been better. (Smiles).

WR: There is a lot of talk about different energy sources but little action. Where are you with fuel cells?
YS: It is hard to build infrastructure for fuel cells. But it will be easy for people to see this when there is no more gas to sell. This is the only way a lot of people will know.

+ WINDING ROAD: 2010 Honda Insight First Drive

There will only be six automakers by 2010. 

That's the word from Sergio Marchionne.  The CEO of Fiat, a sometime manure distributor, says that the world auto market demands vast corporations capable of producing more than five and a half million automobiles a year--only five companies presently have that capacity.