Tastemakers play role in domestic auto industry's recovery

With a domestic auto industry in crisis, automakers are turning to young designers to capitalize on trends and create edgier automobiles.

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Part car geek, part Malibu glam girl, [GM designer Vicki] Vlachakis insists, "design is going to be the big thing to pull us out of this mess."

It's a mission launched by GM products chief Bob Lutz, who has restored power to designers. "They're back to basically running the asylum," Lutz said in an interview last week.

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