Talk:Lee Iacocca/Archives/2013

Politics

Politics Who Lee Iacocca endorsed in a presidential election, particularly one that's over, is not something worthy of a Wikipedia entry. Iacocca is not a political figure; who he endorsed for president is no more important than who this writer endorsed for president. I note that the person who reverted the page after the deletion of this information speaks of being an active Democrat, and I wonder if this has not severly clouded his judgment. I'll add that apparently Iacocca endorsed Bush in 2000. This article, http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/24/iacocca.kerry/, calls into serious question the recent edit: "Iacocca is unusual among auto executives in that he usually actively supports Democratic candidates. In the 2004 presidential election, Iacocca endorsed John Kerry."

There's no reason not to mention it. If the page was overflowing with detail, maybe a case could be made to trim it out, but as it is it's fine. I'm going to rework the info a bit with that helpful link you found. A good rule of thumb is that if it's reported by a major news service, it's probably worth a mention. Everyking 21:46, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

we will try to round out a fuller write up of his political affiliations and views. It has been a significant part of his public persona. I agree that his position in one election only doesn't really fit, but why not leave it until we have a fuller picture. -- Pmeisel 03:16, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I think that any information on the person being discussed should be included. Why should we be so selective?

Born 1924 means he was an adult in 1943

What did he do during the War? Chivista 19:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

He attended Lehigh University. He was a 4F (medical deferment) because "... the Army had decided not to take anybody with a history of rheumatic fever." - from page 19, Iacocca: An Autobiography (hardcover) --Georgeryp 19:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Name

Why is his name Iacocca if his parents were Perrotto? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.91.9.206 (talk) 20:35, 8 September 2006

Perrotto seems to be his mother's maiden name. Originally, this article only gave his father's first name and his mother's first name and maiden name but I added his father's last name explicitly and put his mother's maiden name in parenthesis. --Georgeryp 18:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Wuh?

I can't find any reference to "Stop Syphilis Soon" except this page. Is it a joke? In which case... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.28.73.1 (talk) 09:05, 22 September 2006

Yes, it should be removed (because it is demonstrably vandalism) so I removed it. Web searches give no evidence that such a creatively named chartity exists and the "trivia" itself is unclear (only the K-car portion of the collection fetched $50k??). This was "contributed" back on 1 July 2006 and the user (IP 63.136.119.51) who added it modified two other articles that day - a look at the other contributions make it obvious this was vandalism. --Georgeryp 19:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Electric Moped

I am quite sure he backed the development of an electric moped, perhaps around 1990. I don't see any mention of this phase of his career. Does anyone know about this? --Lbeaumont 22:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Look under the "Other work and activities" section of this article. The mention of EV Global Motors I think is what you are referring to? An electric bicycle is not too far removed from a moped. --Georgeryp 19:56, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Omni and Horizon?

Lee Iacocca joined Chrysler in October 1978. The Omni and Horizon L-cars went into production in September of 1977. Therefore, Mr. Iacocca did NOT put the cars into production. They already were.

Also, Chrysler had already been downsizing their vehicles by the time Iacocca took the helm. The full-size Dodge Royal Monaco and Plymouth Gran Fury were canceled at the end of the 1977 model year, more than a year before Iacocca joined up. The 1978 Chrysler Newport, New Yorker, Dodge Monaco, and Plymouth Fury were all downsized to the 1979 R-body platform and were introduced in September 1978, more than a month before Iacocca came on, as well. Each of these cars (save the New Yorker) came standard with the company's most fuel-efficient in-house powerplant, the 225ci Slant-6. So the ideas that Chrysler had only large, fuel-thirsty cars, especially when compared to the competition, and that Lee Iacocca immediately rectified that situation are ahistorical. Rhettro76 18:39, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Chrysler bailout

At the moment the article states "While it is sometimes said that Congress lent Chrysler the money, it, in fact, only guaranteed the loans". In his autobiography Iacocca describes how he brought check to Washington when trouble had been over to pay back and nobody new how to turn it in, because nobody seems to return money to goverment before. Doesn't that means that it was a loan? May be it was not by Congress per se, but still the goverment money. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.72.21.249 (talk) 03:57, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Reflections on today's Chrysler

This paragraph needs a date of when he reflected. The term "today" is the day it is written or attributed, but as we all know time moves forward, so today can't be every day in the future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.57.56.48 (talk) 16:45, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

In popular culture

Lee Iaccoca was mentioned in an episode of Full house by Jesse.

It's the episode where Joey tries to be more adult and wears a suit or something. He has a poster of Lee Iococca and Jesse says in a stereotypical Jewish voice "Lee Iaccoca?"

if anyone knows which episode this is, please list it.

He's also mentioned in a Sopranos episode. Sopranos, The (1999) | TV Series , Season 3 , Episode 5:

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If someone more able would add to the article, thanks. Thru-a-hoop (talk) 20:11, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Aspen/Volare

"Iacocca later said they should never have been built."

Did he? From Iacocca, page 160.

"they (Dart and Valiant) should never have been dropped."

"they (Aspen and Volare) should have been delayed a full six months.)Bradkay (talk) 21:43, 16 July 2011 (UTC)