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I'm sure some of you guys already know, but Lee Iacocca died yesterday.
[url="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lee-iacocca-death-ford-mustang-creator-former-chrysler-ceo-dies-at-94-cause-of-death-parkinsons-2019-07-02/"]Lee Iacocca has died: Ford Mustang creator and former Chrysler CEO dies at 94; cause of death Parkinson's complications - CBS News[/url]
A quick Google search failed to find a landau-barred K-Car, but RIP. I'm sure Kitdy will find an appropriate minivan hearse.
Iacocca's legacy is a tough one for me; he kept a wayward Chrysler solvent and was instrumental in the creation of that iconic piece of 20th-century Americana: the Mustang. These achievements are laudable, but I feel he had a patronizing view of the automotive public (history bears out his success, so it obviously was effective) and certainly had a hand in the race-to-the-bottom and lowest-common-denominator American automotive landscape of the final quarter of the century.
[quote=f6fhellcat13;1018580]A quick Google search failed to find a landau-barred K-Car, but RIP. I'm sure Kitdy will find an appropriate minivan hearse.
Iacocca's legacy is a tough one for me; he kept a wayward Chrysler solvent and was instrumental in the creation of that iconic piece of 20th-century Americana: the Mustang. These achievements are laudable, but I feel he had a patronizing view of the automotive public (history bears out his success, so it obviously was effective) and certainly had a hand in the race-to-the-bottom and lowest-common-denominator American automotive landscape of the final quarter of the century.[/quote]
I will pour some out for Lee, in memory.
In short, he was the most significant auto executive in North America of his generation; and certainly one of the most important ever. He leaves a long shadow over the Big 3.