Word: iacocca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...without sin." In the case of autos, the U S has politely but firmly persuaded the Japanese for three straight years to put a 1 68 million limit on the cars they export to the U.S., about 20% of the American market. Detroit is still not satisfied. Iacocca wants the Japanese to be held to 15%. The United Auto Workers are pushing in Congress a "domestic content" bill that would shut the largest Japanese auto manufacturers out of the U.S. market by decreeing that most parts of their cars be made in America. So far, the bill has the support...
...fewer of its little Escorts. Ford is extending the life of its Victoria and Grand Marquis models, which were to have been phased out this year, and Chrysler is keeping its big New Yorker and producing large cars 16% faster than it did four months ago. Chairman Lee Iacocca, however, wants the Government to tack an additional 20? onto the federal gas tax to encourage conservation, even though there is more profit in bigger cars. Says Harold Sperlich, president of Chrysler's North American car business: "We are giving people the wrong signal, and hastening the day when...
...Iacocca and Ted Turner are the only stars who have appeared in American business in many years...
...Aspen that has been nothing but a problem. Now every time Iacocca comes on the screen and invites us "to take our chances," my entire family hollers back, "Any chance is better than the one you gave...
Recently I purchased one of Iacocca's "babies." For 25 years I had one of the "other biggies' products." After shopping around, I found Chrysler's car and price, coupled with Iacocca's salesmanship, an unbeatable combination...