Must-See Video: Stephen Colbert's Six-Minute Interview With GM's Bob Lutz

Right, Colbert upon receipt of Volt model from Lutz: "No wonder it gets such great mileage. Look how tiny this thing is!"

Comedian Stephen Colbert interviewed General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz Wednesday regarding the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid sedan.

If you haven't seen the amusing six-minute videotaped segment, you should stop whatever you're doing and watch it.

Typical of the line of questioning is this brief exchange, with Colbert dialed into his usual dead-pan, serious-reporter style:

Colbert: "Is it sexy? Will it get me laid?"

Lutz: "I think so. You might have a, um, a bunch of --"

Colbert: "It might change the type of woman I'm attracted to?"

Lutz: "You're going to get a lot of very nice, no makeup, environmental --."

Colbert: "A little crouchier? Maybe a little hair on the legs?"

Lutz: "I think so."

Colbert: "Could I actually charge this thing by plugging it into the cigarette adaptor in my Hummer?"

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Scott Doggett September 18, 2008, 9:44 AM

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