Quote of the Day: Lee Iacocca

[Inspiration Bot]

"Trouble shared is trouble halved."

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[Longjohn ★]

Old Lee doesn’t know anything about twins does he? Shouldn’t that be “Trouble shared is trouble doubled”?

[Ralphie ★]

That sonofabitch sure shared his troubles with me when I bought one of his cars in the mid 80s, like an idi0t.

[maddmaxx ★]

I liked his Pinto.........the non exploding wagon that is.

[pedalphile]

I don't see how any individual can be credited with coining that quote. It is Anon Shirley.

[maddmaxx ★]

2 minutes ago, pedalphile said:

I don't see how any individual can be credited with coining that quote. It is Anon Shirley.

IMO it was him and covered the sharing of the K-car chassis between both Plymouth and Dodge.

[pedalphile]

3 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

IMO it was him and covered the sharing of the K-car chassis between both Plymouth and Dodge.

I'm getting an education here and learning that he's the US equivalent of Joseph Lucas in the car industry.

[donkpow]

Just going from memory, Lee Iacocca did good things for Ford. Then he got hired by Chrysler and saved their ass by getting congress to bail them out. He finally became eternally grateful to the US government for their assistance. I respect this man.

[maddmaxx ★]

1 hour ago, donkpow said:

Just going from memory, Lee Iacocca did good things for Ford. Then he got hired by Chrysler and saved their ass by getting congress to bail them out. He finally became eternally grateful to the US government for their assistance. I respect this man.

Lee's high point was the creation of the Mustang and the pony car concept.  His low points were the Pinto and a series of mundane Chrysler Corp offerings that while they kept Chrysler from going bankrupt, did nothing for the advancement of interesting autos.  

Getting the government to bail Chrysler out was politics, not leadership.  Just IMO

[Kzoo]

10 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Lee's high point was the creation of the Mustang and the pony car concept.  His low points were the Pinto and a series of mundane Chrysler Corp offerings that while they kept Chrysler from going bankrupt, did nothing for the advancement of interesting autos.  

Getting the government to bail Chrysler out was politics, not leadership.  Just IMO

The Mustang and the K car.  Different ends of the spectrum.

[ChrisL]

Didn't the K car and Govt assistance keep them a float but the Minivan is what saved Chrysler which came out shortly after the K car.

We had those POS K Cars as patrol vehicles for garrison use as an MP. What a terrible car.

[MickinMD ★]

7 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said:

That sonofabitch sure shared his troubles with me when I bought one of his cars in the mid 80s, like an idi0t.

Did you get "rich, Corinthian leather" like Ricardo Montalban promised in the ads?

[maddmaxx ★]

13 minutes ago, MickinMD said:

Did you get "rich, Corinthian leather" like Ricardo Montalban promised in the ads?

Naa.  Da plain, da plain.

[Razors Edge ★]

3 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

Lee's high point was the creation of the Mustang and the pony car concept.  His low points were the Pinto and a series of mundane Chrysler Corp offerings that while they kept Chrysler from going bankrupt, did nothing for the advancement of interesting autos.   

Getting the government to bail Chrysler out was politics, not leadership.  Just IMO 

It does suck to peak early.

But doesn't leadership require knowing what to do to keep the company going? Ie the bailout?  He put a heckuva a good face to a heckuva bad situation.  And he did the whole Statue of Liberty fix, too????

Tom

[Wilbur ★]

16 hours ago, Inspiration Bot said:

"Trouble shared is trouble halved."

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And that folks, is why Ford sent him to Chrysler.