Bought a Jeep in ‘88 because I wanted one before this POS had a chance to ruin the brand.
Lasted 585,000 miles before I traded it in.
Bought a ‘98 Jeep after this POS changed the brand into a cheap piece of crap!
125,000 miles of crap!
Father of the mustang?
Nope!
Father of the exploding Pinto.
To this day, Chrysler products are crap because of this guy.
Car mileage reminds me of a joke by Johnny Carson.
Iacocca was getting married again and Carson said his wedding vows included “I promise to stay married to you for five years or 50,000 miles, whichever comes first.”
Stay classy.
Well you’re full of crap.
Iacocca took over as CEO in 197 and retired in 1992. The design of the ‘98 Jeep wasn’t even started til several years after he left the company, so go find someone else to blame.
I’d add that Chrysler introduced the first Minivan under Iacoocca’s tenure which was not only highly successful for Chrysler but introduced a whole new category of vehicle, based on the Mini-Max project at Ford that Henry Ford II wanted nothing to do with. So who is the smartest of the two?
“To this day, Chrysler products are crap because of this guy.”
Really? Chrysler cars were absolute junk when he took over. That is why Chrysler was on the ropes. People had stopped buying their garbage. Iacocca didn’t ruin Chrysler. It already sucked. Mercedes made it somewhat better, but it sucked so bad Mercedes lost their ass on it. (I have a Dodge truck, I love it, but it’s piss-poorly made.)
“To this day, Chrysler products are crap because of this guy”
My father has a 10 year old Sebring. You have to take the tire off of it to change the battery. Total POS engineering.
Thank you. He was one of the most overrated auto executives in history, but was great at self-promotion and taking credit for the work of others, such as Joe Oros. Iacocca would more accurately be considered the father of the dreadful Mustang II, which he described as a "terrific design".