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Jul 12, 2019 · Iacocca would later recall thinking Shelby was “a good lookin’ son of a bitch.”. Shelby proceeded to pitch the idea of a Ford V-8 in a British sports car that he could make competitive for what Detroit automakers considered pocket change. The British made great sports cars, with relatively weak and unreliable engines.
Jul 3, 2019 · Among Iacocca’s first moves were to get Ford Motor Company back into racing. He greenlit a striking mid-engine sports car prototype and then – with Henry Ford II, Leo Beebe, Carroll Shelby, Jacque Passino, and others – launched an all-out assault in nearly every form of racing under the banner “Total Performance.” By decade’s end ...
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Iacocca also introduced the concept of auto loans with his 1956 campaign “56 for ’56,” which offered consumers a new Ford with a 20% down payment and a $56 monthly payment over three years ...
Sep 24, 2013 · Posted: September 24, 2013 - 4:35PM. Author: Patrick Rall. Follow us today... Shortly after the 1964 Ford Mustang was introduced, Ford boss Lee Iacocca contacted successful racer and race car...
Dec 10, 2013 · The individual selected to personify the transformational ideal, Lee Iacocca, behaved in ways that can rightfully be classified as macho bullying in order to impose his will. Plus, behind his short-term although unquestionably dramatic turnaround, his tenure at Chrysler was far less than a rousing success.
- Bert Spector
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Jul 3, 2019 · Iacocca died July 2, 2019. (Mario Cabrera/AP) Lee Iacocca was a corporate giant for Ford and Chrysler, an executive whose legacy includes the births of both the Mustang and the minivan, and the ...
Jul 4, 2019 · Here are some of the ways in which the man the Harvard Business Review referred to as "the first modern example of a charismatic business leader" transformed the auto industry. Invoking patriotism ...
