• Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:32 AM

Bob Lutz, who holds wide latitude over General Motors' vehicle choices, says expanding sales of the muscular, rear-wheel-drive Pontiac G8 may warrant its rebirth as a Chevrolet Caprice. After a slow start amid high gas prices and image problems at GM, the $28,000 car is "finally being discovered," he says.

The revival of the G8 under would reverse an earlier decision to stop importing the vehicle to the U.S. from a plant in Australia, John D. Stoll reports. A GM spokesman says that it's "premature" to speculate on whether the G8 will be salvaged but Lutz, in an email, cites the G8's recent sales momentum in North America as a reason "we like the idea" of keeping it alive.

Since returning to GM in 2001 after years at other companies, Lutz has sought to jettison money-losing brands like Saturn and Saab while adding features to boost the appeal of existing products.

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