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Three Questions For GM Product Chief Mark Reuss

January 15, 2014 4:46 PM

" DETROIT (AP) — It’s clear that General Motors is no longer being run by bean counters, especially when it comes to developing cars and trucks.

Mark Reuss, the incoming head of product development, is a mechanical engineer who has worked for the company more than three decades. The current product chief, Mary Barra, another GM veteran, is an electrical engineer who will officially become CEO on Wednesday.

Under Barra, GM has cranked out a string of winning products, especially small and large cars. The quality of GM vehicles has risen when measured by J.D. Power and Associates. For example, the revamped Chevrolet Impala full-size sedan, which used to be a dull rental car, won Consumer Reports’ top rating. The magazine said the car was as good as a top-line Audi.

Reuss, speaking with reporters at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday, spoke gleefully about engineers running the product show, and was candid about how GM made poor cars when they didn’t. He also spoke about what might change at GM when Barra takes over, and why it’s important to have women in leadership positions at a car company "

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