Lee Iaccoca is without a doubt one of the smartest business savy intelligent people of my life time. His quick thinking turned a company that was near death to top of the line.
A TRUE American businessman if there ever were one. I am so proud to say that I grew up in the Lee Iacocca Era. Lee truly proved that you could take pride in American products WITHOUT taking a White Nationalistic/xenophobic approach. This was reflected in his "If you can find a better car, buy it." tagline that he always used. Not only did he acknowledge that many people still believed that American vehicles were inferior copies of their European & Japanese counterparts instead of taking a "BUY AMERICAN OR DIE!!!!!!!!" approach, he went to great pains to assure the American buying public that Chrysler REALLY had something to offer over the competition. And he did this by finding product niches that other manufacturers were ignoring & filling them with models that could be designed & built at modest cost.
Chrysler is sadly owned by Fiat. On the bright side the Jeep division is hot and they're building great RAM trucks that consumers seem to love. If they can crack the small SUV market in a meaningful way they should be on solid footing. At least Fiat understands small fuel efficient cars. As for big things Lee was talking about on the bigger front these things are worse. Health care costs have escalated far beyond inflation since the Obama Care Initiative. Wages can't be rising at that rate as one robs from the other. As a country we just print more money going further into debt as if there are few negatives. The one we feel the most is the rising cost of living. A trip to the grocery store quickly confirms this after you've paid you inflated taxes and insurances. The all important middle class is being eliminated day by day. Things such as this are the sole reason Donald Trump, a non-politician and dubious businessman, is our president. That said I gladly voted for him as business as usual in Washington was destroying the very reason America came to be. I root for Chrysler. GM cheated and they don't deserve their success borne on the back of erasing all their debt. Chrysler paid back their debt with interest and Iococca is the reason. Yes he selected the wrong man to succeed him but he is a winner himself.
Lee Iaccoca is without a doubt one of the smartest business savy intelligent people of my life time. His quick thinking turned a company that was near death to top of the line.
RIP LEE IACOCCA. A business genius.
A TRUE American businessman if there ever were one. I am so proud to say that I grew up in the Lee Iacocca Era. Lee truly proved that you could take pride in American products WITHOUT taking a White Nationalistic/xenophobic approach. This was reflected in his "If you can find a better car, buy it." tagline that he always used. Not only did he acknowledge that many people still believed that American vehicles were inferior copies of their European & Japanese counterparts instead of taking a "BUY AMERICAN OR DIE!!!!!!!!" approach, he went to great pains to assure the American buying public that Chrysler REALLY had something to offer over the competition. And he did this by finding product niches that other manufacturers were ignoring & filling them with models that could be designed & built at modest cost.
Chrysler needs another Iacocca again. Cancelling a compact and mid-size sedan (Dart and 200) is nonsense.
I was surprised at
One of the best leaders since FDR. This conversation, in 3 parts, is quite worth watching.
awesome man just love him he is the smartest man ever
Reducing their operating costs was not an option but putting more burden into people health insurance was. Kind of leader the world does not need.
When we socialize heathcare businesses won't have to carry the burden of heathcare and America will immediately begin to become more competitive.
Charlie Rose was downright irritating in this interview, terrible rhythm; constantly chopping and changing and cutting in.
One of the most important peaople of automobile industry.
Iacocca for president...... -> 2:08
So strong, even today
The idiot here was charlie
Lee is a legend. I just read his autobiography.
Henry Ford the 2nd's Giant Ego ! As soon as Iacoccoa left, Ford lost millions of dollars.
2:08
Charlie Rose was so irritating, let the man speak. Jesus.
Chrysler is sadly owned by Fiat. On the bright side the Jeep division is hot and they're building great RAM trucks that consumers seem to love. If they can crack the small SUV market in a meaningful way they should be on solid footing. At least Fiat understands small fuel efficient cars. As for big things Lee was talking about on the bigger front these things are worse. Health care costs have escalated far beyond inflation since the Obama Care Initiative. Wages can't be rising at that rate as one robs from the other. As a country we just print more money going further into debt as if there are few negatives. The one we feel the most is the rising cost of living. A trip to the grocery store quickly confirms this after you've paid you inflated taxes and insurances. The all important middle class is being eliminated day by day. Things such as this are the sole reason Donald Trump, a non-politician and dubious businessman, is our president. That said I gladly voted for him as business as usual in Washington was destroying the very reason America came to be. I root for Chrysler. GM cheated and they don't deserve their success borne on the back of erasing all their debt. Chrysler paid back their debt with interest and Iococca is the reason. Yes he selected the wrong man to succeed him but he is a winner himself.
History happens ever faster. Rose and self extinction.
I love Chrysler, my 2008 caravan has $340k on it!