Lee Iacocca has passed away...

nooshinjohn
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Father of the Ford Mustang and former chairman of Chrysler Lee Iacocca has died of natural causes at his home in Bel Air, Calif., his family said Tuesday. He was 94.

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/lee-iacocca-dead-chrysler-ford-mustang
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    I saw that earlier. Getting old does have its drawbacks. RIP.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,161
    Rip Lee. Long live the K car.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,649
    Bummer I should be so lucky to live to be 94
    R.I.P Lee
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,456
    If memory serves.. I believe the "Joe Isuzu" pitchman was created as a spoof of Mr. Iacocca, as he was doing Chrysler commercials for a time back in the mid 1980's...
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    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    Wow, I just watched A Faster Horse* last night, a documentary on the 50th anniversary Mustang, in which he was featured prominently.


    * Currently streaming on Amazon Prime
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,135
    Thank you, Lee.

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,179
    I rode as a passenger quite a few miles in my brother's 64 1/2 Mustang and LOVED the way it rode. I rode as a passenger in the mountains and foothills around Culpepper Va. around 1976.

    Maybe the mood enhancements had a small part in the enjoyment factor. I drove it for a couple of miles too and loved the rack and pinion stearing design!

    Once in a while, a great designer designs a style that appeals to millions of us.

    If Heaven allows cars, God is letting him design something up there now if that's what Lee wants to do again. :)

    R.I.P. Mr. Iacocca. o:)
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    My first ride was my mom's 82 K car. All 80hp of it. Certainly not a cool ride in 88, but it got me where I need to go. RIP Lee.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,456
    There weren’t very many cool domestic cars in the 80’s anyway...
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    My first car was a used K-car. That thing sucked, but Chrysler sold a lot of them.

    Rest in peace to a great salesman.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    There weren’t very many cool domestic cars in the 80’s anyway...

    Three letters, GNX! Dad had a regal. On the rare occasion I got to drive it, had lots of guys wanting to race. Though his was the N/A 3.8, it looked cool.
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  • pglbook
    pglbook Posts: 2,228
    edited July 2019
    Lee was above all a great salesman. And, while he has the distinction of helping to create one of the most iconic American cars (Ford Mustang), he also helped create one of the worst American cars (Chrysler K car). My family had a Chrysler K car while I was in high school in the 1980s and I remember my father saying (practically until the day he passed) that it was the worst car he ever bought (he bought it for my mother as a family car for her to shuttle around myself and my 6 siblings, while he enjoyed his classic BMW 2002).
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    pglbook wrote: »
    Lee was above all a great salesman. And, while he has the distinction of helping to create one of the most iconic American cars (Ford Mustang), he also helped create one of the worst American cars (Chrysler K car). My family had a Chrysler K car while I was in high school in the 1980s and I remember my father saying (practically until the day he passed) that it was the worst car he ever bought (he bought it for my mother as a family car for her to shuttle around myself and my 6 siblings, while he enjoyed his classic BMW 2002).

    You sure we're not brothers!? That was the exact reasoning my father gave. Damn thing had AM only, crank windows, and no A/C!
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,179
    edited July 2019
    I was in the crank window / no AC family bracket too.

    But it sure was nice to look at other parents or relative's cool cars and DREAM! ;)

    Well, I'm 62 in a month, and I can go buy something cool now if I wanted too. Payment plan of course.

    It sure feels good to know that...as I still drive my 95 Camry. :)
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    pglbook wrote: »
    he also helped create one of the worst American cars (Chrysler K car)
    That may be so, but it was a remarkably successful platform, if only based on the number sold. My father-in-law (at the time) loved his 85 Reliant K and eventually traded it in for an 89 - same model and color. I seem to remember him buying a Plymouth Horizon, too. Personally, I thought they weren't great, but they served him well, and most importantly I think, they were cheap.
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    RIP Lee
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  • Derf
    Derf Posts: 229
    My parents had a K car station wagon when I was in high school. I thank Mr. Iacocca for that—lots of room in the back of those wagons!
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    DaveHo wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    There weren’t very many cool domestic cars in the 80’s anyway...

    Three letters, GNX! Dad had a regal. On the rare occasion I got to drive it, had lots of guys wanting to race. Though his was the N/A 3.8, it looked cool.

    NA? Naturally Aspirated? Uhm, weren't all the GNX Buicks SFI? Turbocharged (special ceramic turbo in the GNX vs the standard turbo in the T-Type, T-Package, GN, Turbo Regal varients). Intercooled? 547 made/modified by ASC McLaren?
    1987-buick-gnx-003-is-a-fast-time-capsule-offered-at-no-reserve_2.jpg

    I owned a 1987 Turbo Regal in white with the T-Package and blacked out trim/molding.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    halo wrote: »
    DaveHo wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    There weren’t very many cool domestic cars in the 80’s anyway...

    Three letters, GNX! Dad had a regal. On the rare occasion I got to drive it, had lots of guys wanting to race. Though his was the N/A 3.8, it looked cool.

    NA? Naturally Aspirated? Uhm, weren't all the GNX Buicks SFI? Turbocharged (special ceramic turbo in the GNX vs the standard turbo in the T-Type, T-Package, GN, Turbo Regal varients). Intercooled? 547 made/modified by ASC McLaren?
    1987-buick-gnx-003-is-a-fast-time-capsule-offered-at-no-reserve_2.jpg

    I owned a 1987 Turbo Regal in white with the T-Package and blacked out trim/molding.
    5tvhj5e55uij.jpg

    What I meant was his wasn't a turbo Regal, but people mistook it for one.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited July 2019
    DaveHo wrote: »
    What I meant was his wasn't a turbo Regal, but people mistook it for one.

    Oh, I see. I couldn't understand why people would want to race a non-turbo Regal with a V6. lol.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,624
    edited July 2019
    Lee Iacocca and Ricardo Montalban. Two great car salesmen...
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