GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit

**nsap** · 09-15-2009, 02:23 PM

GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit
Join in next week to ask GM's Tom Stephens questions live!
www.gminsidenews.com
September 15, 2009
By: Nick Saporito

GMInsidenews is proud to announce that we have teamed up with Autoline Detroit for an upcoming interview session with General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Tom Stephens. The interview is taking place next Monday, September 21st between 10-11 AM EDT. GMInsidenews will be displaying both the live webcast and live chat (to ask questions) right here on our site. Tom will be taking your live questions during the show through the chat, but you can get your questions and comments in now! You can phone in a question to 1-620-288-6546 (1-620-AUTOLIN) or send an e-mail to viewermail@autolinedetroit.tv – just make sure you put “Tom Stephens Question” in the Subject line. Also, don’t forget to identify yourself as a member of GMInsidenews when you call or write so Autoline can mention you on the air

Tom Stephens is the successor to Bob Lutz as the head of Global Product Development now that Lutz has moved on to the marketing side. Prior to taking this position Stephens was in-charge of GM Powertrain.

So prepare your questions now and come back to GMI on the 21st to participate in what we expect will be an informative interview!

The event will take place HERE.

megeebee · 09-15-2009, 02:29 PM

Well done NSAP and everyone at GMI!

(God, I love this site.)

Buick61 · 09-15-2009, 02:43 PM

How many "we want RWD sedans" comments do you think we can submit before Monday?

Good work wrangling this.

2648562 · 09-15-2009, 02:54 PM

Cool. I hope we can get his head right.

KingElvis · 09-15-2009, 02:59 PM

Well played, GMI. Good luck with the collaboration.

wilwrk4tls · 09-15-2009, 03:23 PM

That would be really nice- Tom is a pretty with it kind of guy.

megeebee · 09-15-2009, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wilwrk4tls

That would be really nice- Tom is a pretty with it kind of guy.

He does seem to know what he's talking about. He's not a bombastic. larger than life, ball-coach like Mr. Lutz, but he knows what makes a good vehicle. And what's more, I think he knows how to do it.

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Novak454 · 09-15-2009, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buick61

How many "we want RWD sedans" comments do you think we can submit before Monday?

Good work wrangling this.

Haaaaaaaaa

chevyman1973 · 09-15-2009, 04:34 PM

why cant gm make a place for a cheap rwd sedan!

GMfan1111 · 09-15-2009, 04:53 PM

awesome collaboration effort GMI I will be tuning in for sure next monday

eaton53 · 09-15-2009, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buick61

How many "we want RWD sedans" comments do you think we can submit before Monday?

Throw some "we want a Ute" comments while we're at it...

1957wildcat · 09-15-2009, 06:46 PM

Congratulations on lining up Mr. Stephens! I have to be at work at that time, so could someone pelase ask him how putting a Buick badge on the Opel Insignia and Opel Astra is any less disturbing than putting a Buick grille on a Saturn VUE (and we saw what the reaction to that was!)? In other words, why can't Buick have smaller cars designed as true Buicks (not hand-me-down Opels), with the chrome grille plus portholes plus a sweepsear. They can share platforms and engineering, but give them real Buick designs, beautiful, flowing curves. Ed Welburn, especially, recently made so much about Buick's design renaissance (blah-blah-blah) and now it seems they're simply putting Buick grilles on other things. Thank you.

calgaryhhr · 09-15-2009, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buick61

How many "we want RWD sedans" comments do you think we can submit before Monday?

Good work wrangling this.

That and questions about light duty diesel engines for compact North American vehicles should be very popular.

Koasterking · 09-15-2009, 07:32 PM

This is a great opportunity for us GM fans to get some burning questions answered. I have time to come up with a good question; hoping they'll pick me.

tgagneguam · 09-15-2009, 07:32 PM

It's this type of effort that I imagine makes this site so popular. Well done, GMI leaders!

09-15-2009, 02:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
nsap Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2003 Drives: 2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT Posts: 17,738	GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit *Join in next week to ask GM's Tom Stephens questions live!* www.gminsidenews.com September 15, 2009 By: Nick Saporito GMInsidenews is proud to announce that we have teamed up with Autoline Detroit for an upcoming interview session with General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Tom Stephens. The interview is taking place next Monday, September 21st between 10-11 AM EDT. GMInsidenews will be displaying both the live webcast and live chat (to ask questions) right here on our site. Tom will be taking your live questions during the show through the chat, but you can get your questions and comments in now! You can phone in a question to 1-620-288-6546 (1-620-AUTOLIN) or send an e-mail to viewermail@autolinedetroit.tv – just make sure you put “Tom Stephens Question” in the Subject line. Also, don’t forget to identify yourself as a member of GMInsidenews when you call or write so Autoline can mention you on the air Tom Stephens is the successor to Bob Lutz as the head of Global Product Development now that Lutz has moved on to the marketing side. Prior to taking this position Stephens was in-charge of GM Powertrain. So prepare your questions now and come back to GMI on the 21st to participate in what we expect will be an informative interview! The event will take place HERE. __________________ Get the latest news from GMI...Join the "GMInsidenews.com Facebook Page!! Follow me on TWITTER E-Mail Me

09-15-2009, 02:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
megeebee 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Feb 2005 Drives: 2005 Cadillac STS 3.6L Posts: 5,316	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit Well done NSAP and everyone at GMI! (God, I love this site.) __________________ 9. Controversial topics, such as retardation, racism, religion, sexism, illicit drugs/narcotic, etc., will NOT be tolerated. The posting of hate or racist comments will be grounds for an automatic 10-day ban.

09-15-2009, 02:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Buick61 Chevrolet VOLT Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 10,956	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit How many "we want RWD sedans" comments do you think we can submit before Monday? Good work wrangling this. __________________

09-15-2009, 02:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
2648562 7.0 Liter LS7 V8 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,256	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit Cool. I hope we can get his head right.

09-15-2009, 02:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
KingElvis 4.6 Liter Northstar V8 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,939	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit Well played, GMI. Good luck with the collaboration.

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09-15-2009, 03:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
wilwrk4tls 1.4 Liter Turbocharged ECOTEC Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chattanooga, TN Drives: 2000 CVPI Posts: 60	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit That would be really nice- Tom is a pretty with it kind of guy. __________________ "Quality products create customer enthusiasm"; it should be "Exciting products create customer enthusiasm. Quality products create customer loyalty." Past '84 Subaru DL Wagon, '86 Mazda 626 GT Turbo, '81 Honda Accord, '80 Honda CX500, '84 Honda CB700SC Nighthawk, '83 Honda Accord Hatchback, '93 Saturn SL, '98 Pontiac GranDam, '97 Toyota Camry Wagon, '03 Hyundai Tiburon Present '00 Crown Vic Police Interceptor (daily),93 GMC Sierra W/T (320K!), '00 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi (dead trans)

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chevyman1973 3.0 Liter SIDI V6 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Phoenix Drives: 1970 Chevy truck 383/700r4 Posts: 748	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit why cant gm make a place for a cheap rwd sedan! __________________ Hey why do people insist on using caps on a blog like this? This is not a term paper! I do have a masters so I have written plenty of papers for class, I just dont see the point of using that type of wording in a blog form like this?Brian S Ritter

09-15-2009, 04:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
GMfan1111 6.0 Liter L76 V8 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in a undisclosed bunker somewhere in the metro detroit area Drives: 2001 Chevy Malibu LS Posts: 2,284	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit awesome collaboration effort GMI I will be tuning in for sure next monday __________________ “The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair” "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools". - Douglas Adams - Current ride: 2001 Chevy Malibu LS (happy 99,000 miles )

09-15-2009, 06:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
1957wildcat 2.4 Liter SIDI ECOTEC Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 347	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit Congratulations on lining up Mr. Stephens! I have to be at work at that time, so could someone pelase ask him how putting a Buick badge on the Opel Insignia and Opel Astra is any less disturbing than putting a Buick grille on a Saturn VUE (and we saw what the reaction to that was!)? In other words, why can't Buick have smaller cars designed as true Buicks (not hand-me-down Opels), with the chrome grille plus portholes plus a sweepsear. They can share platforms and engineering, but give them real Buick designs, beautiful, flowing curves. Ed Welburn, especially, recently made so much about Buick's design renaissance (blah-blah-blah) and now it seems they're simply putting Buick grilles on other things. Thank you. __________________ B U I C K The new class of world class

09-15-2009, 07:32 PM	#14 (permalink)
Koasterking 4.6 Liter Northstar V8 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hunterdon Co., NJ Drives: 2004 Scion xB Posts: 1,912	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit This is a great opportunity for us GM fans to get some burning questions answered. I have time to come up with a good question; hoping they'll pick me. __________________ I don't go fishing, I go fish sticking. How do you think we get the fish sticks?

09-15-2009, 07:32 PM	#15 (permalink)
tgagneguam 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,652	Re: GMInsidenews Teams Up With Autoline Detroit It's this type of effort that I imagine makes this site so popular. Well done, GMI leaders!

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