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    Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang

    Chrysler "Repossessing" Lee Iacocca's Company Car

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    I for one, like this.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    What the fuck it that, a gunship?
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    Note to self: light blue pocket square. Also, don't spend 60k on a Mustang.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    06/22/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Seriously. As if buying a Mustang in the first place wasn't silly enough, paying $20k extra for 140 fewer ponies under the hood than a GT500 just seems ridiculous.


    I'm not sure whether I agree with you about the pocket square though. I think it's fetching.

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    Image of CaveTroll CaveTroll
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    I keep forgetting how large these retro-pony cars are until someone is standing next to them. That is one big car!
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/22/09

    @CaveTroll: I feel downright puny in my '08 Mustang when I'm sitting next to a Challenger. Jeebus those are massive.


    The stock Mustangs look less portly than this one, but are still bigger than the '60s models they are influenced by.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    06/22/09

    @engineerd hates hydrogen leaks: Not as much as you might think- a new Mustang is only about 6 1/2 inches longer, six inches wider than a '66, for example. Talk about a '69, say, and the differences come down to fractions of an inch. Some examples of the '71-'73 were actually bigger. Weight, of course is a different story.


    They certainly look blocky as all hell, I'll give ya that.

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    06/22/09

    @CaveTroll: also, you have to remember that Lee is only 5' 1" in heels. And he is wearing heels.
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    Image of CaveTroll CaveTroll
    06/22/09

    @weatherman: I didn't realize he was such a small man.
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    06/22/09

    @CaveTroll: Oh yes. All the great men in history have been very short. Alexander the Great, five feet exactly. Isn't that incredible? Alexander the Great, whose empire stretched from India to Hungary, one inch shorter than Lee Iaccoca. Oliver Cromwell, the only man with any guts in British history, not a big man at all. Louis XIV, five foot two half. Charlemagne, dumpy little five-footer. Atilla the Hun, five foot one half...
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    Chrysler cuts company car. Former Ford frontman flaunts flashy filly.
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    Image of OWMule OWMule
    06/22/09

    @engineerd hates hydrogen leaks:

    Alliteration accentuates article. Comical commentators commenting continue communiqué.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    06/22/09

    @engineerd hates hydrogen leaks: Very nice- I don't think the eds. will go for that trick twice, though.


    [jalopnik.com]

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/22/09

    @OWMule: Well done.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    06/22/09

    @engineerd hates hydrogen leaks: There is an msnbc article today where Lee says that Chrysler lent him two 300C's after they took his company cars. What weird times we're in.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/22/09

    @GreenN_Gold: Did he promptly burn them?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    It's been quite a while since we've seen a special edition Mustang, and this one is great looking. The fastback kit is really atractive.


    Is the leather saggy, like Iacocca's face?

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    Image of pj134 pj134
    06/22/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Are you saying you would want to sit on Lee Iacocca's face?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/22/09

    @ambidextrous pj134: No matter how subtle I try to be...
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    Actually, despite my annoyance with constant special edition Mustangs, I like this one. I would totally rock it.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    06/22/09

    @pauljones: Me too, because it's actually different this time. They put some work into this, what with the fastback. I just want to see it with the trunk open.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/22/09

    @philibuster: I wonder if it ins't like the 63 Stingray: great-looking back, but doesn't open up.
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    Image of pj134 pj134
    06/22/09

    @pauljones: Yeah, the fastback should make a comeback.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/22/09

    @ambidextrous pj134: I have high hopes for the return of a real fastback for the 2012 Mustang. I don't care if it's a hatchback. In fact, that would be pretty damn cool.
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    Image of pj134 pj134
    06/22/09

    @pauljones: a hatchback stang would be kind of weird though... It's a sad time when I can only think of 2 true fastbacks


    A vette and a 370z...


    Are there any others I'm not thinking of?

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/22/09

    @ambidextrous pj134: Aston Martins. Porsches.
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    Image of Tony Agee Tony Agee
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    As much as I try to love the Mustang, it's just not a pretty car. The 2010 nose refresh is a huge improvement but everything behind the rear axle is just a disaster in automotive design.
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    Image of crewcutkid crewcutkid
    06/22/09

    @Tony Agee: Oh, sure, a Corolla is MUCH better looking.
    /sarcasm
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/22/09

    @crewcutkid: So you're saying you like the corolla?
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    06/22/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: /sarcasm
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/22/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Ok, now I'm totally lost.


    /sarcasm...?

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    I'll wait for the 2010½ Snoop Dogg edition. All the upgrades are in the glove box.
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    Image of Flagrant German Fanboy Flagrant German Fanboy
    06/22/09

    In reply to Lee Iacocca Finds Better Car, Unveils Custom 45th Anniversary Mustang
    Wow. I've always liked the new 'Stang front ends, but this one takes the cake. I wanna lick it.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/22/09

    @Flagrant German Fanboy: (this is a 2009 MY body)
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    05/21/09

    In reply to Chrysler "Repossessing" Lee Iacocca's Company Car
    In one of the auto industry books I have, they discuss a great deal about Iacocca and his career. At the end of it all, after he'd been replaced by Eaton and was pretty much on his own, he was in Palm Springs taking his car to the gas station for a fill up.


    When Lee pulled up to the pumps, he yelled at the guy, "Fill 'er up!" The guy yelled back, "Pump it yourself!!" Apparently, Lee had not driven a car or filled one with gas since the days of full service gas stations. He had no idea the business had gone completely self serve.


    I'm sure he drives his own cars nowadays and has the gas station thing down pat. Even if he is still driven, someone relies on those cars that are going to be repo'd. I agree, Chrysler should write them off and give them to Lee for $1.00 each. Its no sweat off their books and the PR nightmare will cost a lot more than the charge off value of these two cars. Hopefully someone at Chrysler still has a functioning brain and does the right thing.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/21/09

    In reply to Chrysler "Repossessing" Lee Iacocca's Company Car
    Dear Chrysler:


    Instead of the cars, which have depreciated to nothing, let me return my stock certificates to you--oh, wait. Those have also depreciated to nothing. Oh well, they're a little rough for toilet paper but make super absorbant cat litter and window cleaner. You can also strain stones through them to see if you can get any blood.
    Lee
    PS Enclosed is the audio course "Italian for Dummies"--enjoy! and bona fortuna!

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    05/21/09

    In reply to Chrysler "Repossessing" Lee Iacocca's Company Car
    So what, Iacocca owes them a buck thirty-nine? Isn't that the fair market value on Chryslers these days?
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    05/21/09

    In reply to Chrysler "Repossessing" Lee Iacocca's Company Car
    Just another example of how this country is still predjudiced against those of Italian ancestry.


    I shoota you face!

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    Image of stoke stoke
    05/21/09

    In reply to Chrysler "Repossessing" Lee Iacocca's Company Car
    I hope he buys a GT500.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/21/09

    @stoke: I hope he doesn't buy a Lexus.


    The USA can always declare war on Japan if that happens.

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