amazingflapjack
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I just played mustang sally by the Wickett Pickett to celebrate his life-he was 94-and his car lives on!!
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Lee Iacoca has passed...
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Every car buff in America owes a debt of gratitude to Lee Iacocca...may he rest in peace... 
Lee Iacocca certainly left his mark on the auto industry.
As front man, he did a number of commercials for Chrysler. This was my favorite!
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jSrGx2I2K18[/ame]
As front man, he did a number of commercials for Chrysler. This was my favorite!
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jSrGx2I2K18[/ame]
vigil617
US Veteran
Is there a more recognizable name in the history of the auto industry than his, save old man Ford's himself?
Lee Iacocca was a smart man, a good car salesman!
As a business man he knew which end was up. I would have liked to have seen him make a run for the Presidency, I think he would have made it! But he was smart enough to stay away from it!
May he Rest In Peace and he will always have my respect!
As a business man he knew which end was up. I would have liked to have seen him make a run for the Presidency, I think he would have made it! But he was smart enough to stay away from it!
May he Rest In Peace and he will always have my respect!
John DeLorean, Bill Knudsen, Harley Earl, Zora Arkus-Duntov and Robert McNamara are some other big names, off the top of my head.
oneounceload
Member
As a slight aside, when I bought my new F150 yesterday, the dealer was saying that Ford will stop producing cars for retail sale with one exception - the Mustang. All other production will focus on trucks and SUVs
You're forgetting he was responsible for the minivan.
oneounceload
Member
And the OH so wonderful "K" car
How could I forget? The US government bought a bunch of them as part of the Chrysler bailout, so when I was an MP in the Army that's mostly what we had for patrol cars. I think I once got one to top 60 MPH responding to a Code 3 call. Put five guys in riot gear in one and the rear bumper would almost touch the ground.
We envied the traffic unit for their old (but very well-maintained) police package Galaxy 500.
gman51
Member
WOW 94 years old. He definitely left many a mark in his lifetime. I remember him doing commercials for Chrysler and that was a very long time ago.
CCantu357
Member
"If you can find a better car, buy it!"
Mr Iacocca was a legend in the automotive world, and an even better businessman. I always believed he was better at the marketing side of the car business. He did not seem to engineer the cars, but knew how to sell them. The original Mustang was pretty much a revamped Falcon, but he knew how to sell it. And somehow he managed to take the K-car and not only sell it well, but adapt it into the first minivan. He also had the foresight to buy AMC and thus ad Jeep into the Mopar portfolio. Not only did he pay off the bailout loans, but I would bet he saved Chrysler and is why they are still around. I would also bet that Ford regrets firing him back in the late seventies.
Mr Iacocca was a legend in the automotive world, and an even better businessman. I always believed he was better at the marketing side of the car business. He did not seem to engineer the cars, but knew how to sell them. The original Mustang was pretty much a revamped Falcon, but he knew how to sell it. And somehow he managed to take the K-car and not only sell it well, but adapt it into the first minivan. He also had the foresight to buy AMC and thus ad Jeep into the Mopar portfolio. Not only did he pay off the bailout loans, but I would bet he saved Chrysler and is why they are still around. I would also bet that Ford regrets firing him back in the late seventies.
Just another 22 shooter
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I met Mr Iacocca in Aspen in the late 80s when I was selling/ delivering for a bread company. He was standing in front of Aspen Drug as I walked by. He smiled and greeted me as I walked by. He was still there when I came out and I stopped and talked with him for probably 15 minutes. It was quite comfortable to talk with him and I never felt he was talking "down" to me. Don't recall the conversation, but I he offered a handshake as we went or ways.
A class act, for sure.
A class act, for sure.
The father of the Mustang. I have one of his many children in my garage,a 64 1/2 mustang coupe. RIP Lee.
