RIP Lee Iacocca
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From: eastern MA
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From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Another legend gone. RIP.
I watched several documentaries on Lee. Always had the big stogie going. He was a genius figuring out what the people wanted and getting it to market.
I watched several documentaries on Lee. Always had the big stogie going. He was a genius figuring out what the people wanted and getting it to market.
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From: Marble Falls TX
Mini-van= death to the station wagon. We had 3 as the kids were growing up. An 84 4 cyl, that couldn't get out of it's own way but you couldn't kill it either.
A 90 with a V-6 that was a good 'un, and the last was a 95 Grand Caravan I believe with a 3.3 6 cyl. Great cars. Thanks Lee, RIP.
A 90 with a V-6 that was a good 'un, and the last was a 95 Grand Caravan I believe with a 3.3 6 cyl. Great cars. Thanks Lee, RIP.
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As a 21 year employee of Chrysler, and an admirer of Lee, it sucks hearing about this. He was definitely someone who knew how to get things done. This country needs a lot more people like him running things. People who started at the bottom, and worked their way up the corporate ladder. There are entirely too many business decisions made with the next quarter profit reports and stockholder dividends as the only consideration.
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As great as he was, Mr. I didn't get them all right. In the mid 80s, when he was running Chrysler and bringing out the boxy K-cars, he ridiculed the Ford Taurus, which debuted in 1986 and which he called a "flying potato." That "flying potato" went on to become the biggest success in Ford history and influence automotive styling to this day. It's because of the Taurus that we have all these look-alike "jellybean" styles today and have had them for 30+ years now.
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As great as he was, Mr. I didn't get them all right. In the mid 80s, when he was running Chrysler and bringing out the boxy K-cars, he ridiculed the Ford Taurus, which debuted in 1986 and which he called a "flying potato." That "flying potato" went on to become the biggest success in Ford history and influence automotive styling to this day. It's because of the Taurus that we have all these look-alike "jellybean" styles today and have had them for 30+ years now.
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From: Southside Vajenya
The man knew how to make the right car at the right time. The minivan thing was about emissions finagling more than anything as Chrysler got them classified as light trucks and got rid of a lot of EPA and CAFE nonsense. But yes, our beloved longroofs were classed as passenger cars in a time when emissions and CAFE standards were unfriendly to big heavy powerful cars that could carry a crowd of folks and drag a load behind it. Coincidentally about time vans and light trucks (which were largely exempt from the standards) got real popular...
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