NOT JUST A CAR GUY: BOB LUTZ, WHO HELPED TRANSFORM CHRYSLER CORP. INTO A LEAN, CREATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL CAR COMPANY, IS RETIRING JULY 1. HE ROSE TO THE TOP WITH COMMON SENSE AND A KEEN EYE FOR PRODUCT. BUT HE IS ...

June 22, 1998 05:00 AM

In the early 1970s, while working as head of sales for BMW AG, Robert Lutz asked the technical chief whether the company could build a V-12.

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