Bob Lutz, the 85-year old auto industry legend who has held top positions at BMW, Ford, Chrysler and General Motors, takes some issue with Elon Musk and President Donald Trump.

Speaking in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Lutz had some choice words regarding Musk's company, Tesla. "I don’t know why it is that otherwise intelligent people can’t see what’s going on there. They lose money on every car, they have a constant cash drain, and yet everybody talks as if this is the most miraculous automobile company of all time," he said.

But when it comes to Musk's overall work, Lutz paid the CEO a compliment.

"Don’t get me wrong, what Musk has achieved, whether it is profitable or not, is incredible," he said. "He’s created an automobile company based solely on electric vehicles, and they have pretty good, not yet completely reliable, autonomous capability."

When the interview turned to Trump, Lutz said it "would have been nice to have a conservative president who is more unifying and more careful about what he says." And if he had any influence over him, Lutz told the LA Times he would "strongly encourage" him to stop tweeting. Former Vice President Joe Biden offered a similar piece of advice on Thursday.

Lutz admitted to voting for Trump, and he's hoping the president rolls back a number of corporate regulations to create "tons of American jobs." President Trump campaigned on a promise to do just that, but whether he's been making good on that promise has been debated.

85岁的汽车行业传奇人物鲍伯·卢茨曾在宝马、福特、克莱斯勒和通用汽车位居要职。他对埃隆·马斯克和唐纳德·特朗普总统发表了一些看法。

接受《洛杉矶时报》采访时，卢茨对马斯克的特斯拉汽车很不客气：“搞不懂为什么那么多聪明人看不清形势。特斯拉每辆车都在亏钱，资金从来不够挥霍，但在大家口中好像特斯拉就是有史以来最神奇的汽车公司。”

但说到马斯克的整体工作，卢茨赞赏有加。

他说：“别误解。先不管赚不赚钱，马斯克的成就还是很大的。他的汽车公司能做到只生产电动车，而且虽然不是很稳定，但自动驾驶技术已经相当出色。”

谈到特朗普时，卢茨说“如果新任总统倾向保守，能团结众人，更谨言慎行就好了”。卢茨对《洛杉矶时报》表示，如果特朗普能稍微听进一点他说的话，他会“强烈建议”别再发推特。前副总统乔·拜登上周四也提出过类似建议。

卢茨承认给特朗普投了票，他希望新任总统能取消一系列针对企业的规章，真正实现“在美国创造大量就业岗位”。特朗普总统参选时这么承诺过，但究竟能否兑现还很难说。（财富中文网）

译者：Charlie

审校：夏林