Charlie Rose - A Conversation with Lee Iacocca, part 1

[@moparkid440]

RIP LEE IACOCCA. A business genius.

[@rudigeralt8650]

and a murder. #FordPinto

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

The Pinto was business fuck up. Bit like Boing and it’s shitbox 737 Max. Not enough design iteration.

[@thoughtfinder]

Lee Iaccoca is without a doubt one of the smartest business savy intelligent people of my life time. His quick thinking turned a company that was near death to top of the line.

[@jondoe8423]

hello, and he wa a mechanical engineer (w/o having studied econics after all). RIP Mr. MSc. Lido "Lee" Iacocca Regards Doe

[@EdwardGarrenMFT]

One of the best leaders since FDR. This conversation, in 3 parts, is quite worth watching.

[@broadstreet21]

He probably looks a bit like FDR.

[@runforit420]

Chrysler needs another Iacocca again. Cancelling a compact and mid-size sedan (Dart and 200) is nonsense.

[@BMan100]

I really liked the Dart...the way that car drove and sounded were great.

[@Hectorson3]

I agree, Chrysler needs another Iacocca type person. Daimler couldn't do it, Cerberus couldn't do it, Fiat is squeaking by, and now their are talks that a Chinese investment company might by Chrysler. It's horrible.

[@homeofthemad3044]

There was talk that GM would buy out all of FCA. I really wish they would, especially since GM sold Vauxhall and Opel which has put them down in Europe.

[@chrislemaster2695]

Bring back the no frills Dodge Aries Plymouth Reliant K For 6995.00 basic cheap and east to work on an cars that the mass can afford..

[@MaliciousSRT]

People did not buy the 200 and Dart and they also got no better fuel economy than their 4cyl little Jeeps that people actually buy. To get rid of those two and make room to make more Jeeps was a no brainer.

[@landyachtfan79]

A TRUE American businessman if there ever were one. I am so proud to say that I grew up in the Lee Iacocca Era. Lee truly proved that you could take pride in American products WITHOUT taking a White Nationalistic/xenophobic approach. This was reflected in his "If you can find a better car, buy it." tagline that he always used. Not only did he acknowledge that many people still believed that American vehicles were inferior copies of their European & Japanese counterparts instead of taking a "BUY AMERICAN OR DIE!!!!!!!!" approach, he went to great pains to assure the American buying public that Chrysler REALLY had something to offer over the competition. And he did this by finding product niches that other manufacturers were ignoring & filling them with models that could be designed & built at modest cost.

[@TexasMan77]

landyachtfan79 What’s a white nationalist approach?

[@SamtheSham2000]

I was surprised at 5:18 He danced around it so much before hand. You can't deny that Toyota builds some of the most reliable cars bar none.

[@craig-3799]

Charlie Rose was downright irritating in this interview, terrible rhythm; constantly chopping and changing and cutting in.

[@antonewilson4310]

...because Rose doesn't prep but instead tries to bluff his way through. Ultimately he makes the interview all about Charlie.

[@jasonthunders78]

4:18 minutes into the interview I had enough of him.

[@peachyclean93]

awesome man just love him he is the smartest man ever

[@beekbeeker2907]

The idiot here was charlie Rude...all the way as lee was a gentleman and side stepped that rudeness with interrupted answers as best he could...thank you mr Iacocca for saving 600,000 jobs and making chrysler great again....love your minivans....and k car.lines Your the greatest job saver and wealth creater in automotive history...we solute you sir.

[@jeffwisener1378]

When we socialize heathcare businesses won't have to carry the burden of heathcare and America will immediately begin to become more competitive.

[@jakeinthebox274]

Charlie Rose was so irritating, let the man speak. Jesus.

[@LincLux]

2:08 - 2:16 preach it!

[@bignsmall6]

Henry Ford the 2nd's Giant Ego ! As soon as Iacoccoa left, Ford lost millions of dollars.

[@Minivan_Man]

One of the most important peaople of automobile industry. Iacocca for president...... -> 2:08

[@johnwerner4925]

Chrysler is sadly owned by Fiat. On the bright side the Jeep division is hot and they're building great RAM trucks that consumers seem to love. If they can crack the small SUV market in a meaningful way they should be on solid footing. At least Fiat understands small fuel efficient cars. As for big things Lee was talking about on the bigger front these things are worse. Health care costs have escalated far beyond inflation since the Obama Care Initiative. Wages can't be rising at that rate as one robs from the other. As a country we just print more money going further into debt as if there are few negatives. The one we feel the most is the rising cost of living. A trip to the grocery store quickly confirms this after you've paid you inflated taxes and insurances. The all important middle class is being eliminated day by day. Things such as this are the sole reason Donald Trump, a non-politician and dubious businessman, is our president. That said I gladly voted for him as business as usual in Washington was destroying the very reason America came to be. I root for Chrysler. GM cheated and they don't deserve their success borne on the back of erasing all their debt. Chrysler paid back their debt with interest and Iococca is the reason. Yes he selected the wrong man to succeed him but he is a winner himself.

[@FrankBullitt390]

So strong, even today

[@andrel.a.cbittencourt5835]

Reducing their operating costs was not an option but putting more burden into people health insurance was. Kind of leader the world does not need.

[@christophers7070]

Lee is a legend. I just read his autobiography. What a great man. The presenter must be one of the rudest most disrespectful that I have ever seen.

[@johnsumner6185]

I love Chrysler, my 2008 caravan has $340k on it!

[@brianreardon7700]

Your the only one lol.. 600,000 miles or not lol hahahaha

[@raginald7mars408]

History happens ever faster. Rose and self extinction.

[@MrDasher01]

It is amazing what damage one man can do. I do remember in the mid nineties when Daimler tried to buy everything they could lay a hand on. Bob Eaton gave in, and I remember that he sold Chrysler very quickly. Here it is almost twenty years later, and Chrysler is still stumbling and struggling. I wonder what Bob's doing now.

[@UfoDan100]

+Edmund Thoroughgood He's flipping hamburgers at jack in the box !

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

Edmund Thoroughgood Pretty sure he's six feet under now.

[@DSGNflorian]

Robert Eaton is alive and doing VERY well indeed, since he very conveniently lined his own pockets in the Daimler-Chrysler "merger of equals" deal to the tune of 100 million bucks, give or take a few million.

[@zamgoliathpescador7221]

Very bad sound quality.

[@chuckselvage3157]

If he was a British or Commonwealth man he would have a knighthood for sure.

[@agenericaccount3935]

Boy I wish he had known how Cerberus would have operated before making a sunny prediction

[@MaliciousSRT]

Cerberus, at the time, had good intentions but it wasn't enough. They stole away the marketing chief from Lexus and the sales chief from Toyota - however, turns out neither of what they did mattered at Lexus/Toyota - those cars sell themselves. Then the recession hit and car sales dropped from 13 million a year to 10 million - that's when they raised the white flag (and GM). Fiat did a very good turn around with Chrysler but I don't agree with what they are doing now, focusing all efforts on Ram, Jeep and Alfa Romeo and letting the other brands languish. I think the owners of Fiat will be selling FCA very soon and keeping Ferrari.

[@alexvech]

marcus lemonis mentor

[@monaiannucci7831]

Ive learned a lot here so im not mad

[@jblyon2]

Mercedes bought Chrysler to siphon off the money. When the money was gone they sold Chrysler off. This makes it sound like they lost a lot of money, but Chrysler's cash is what kept Mercedes afloat for years.

[@tundrav8georgia]

Mopar just doesn’t have the quality and he knows this

[@Anomiman]

ahhh , because they don't want him to , they are jelaous of him. .. Why did he get fired from Ford remember ?

[@salvadorespinosasalas4149]

No, I don't. You're the expert, can you tell me?

[@stevenbest1133]

I think he would have been a great president.

[@vassa1972]

Interesting

[@clterry07]

this country needed Iacocca for president … level headed and common sense and morality something that this country has lost in the last 30 yrs now Russia gonna dictate who are nations leader is ???????????????

[@antonewilson4310]

Charlie Rose is the worst interviewer this side of Arsenio Hall.

[@brianreardon7700]

I'm sure your interview would be brilliant lol

[@antonewilson4310]

@@brianreardon7700 well at least I'd f**king prep and know how to question and pace the interview.

[@pl5624]

Dart should have been the new k car...with very conservative styling and a lot of room. Instead they went with Alfa Romeo styling to save money and chased buyers off.a smaller version could have been a hatchback omni...but alas the dummies did what they did.

[@finchgould6538]

Iacocca is an interesting guy,but the bad sound quality of this video quickly made me quit watching.

[@yasugi0153]

This aired so long ago

[@Andrewlohbihler]

Why not have Chrysler make EV's?

[@homeofthemad3044]

Because they are shit.

[@JayElement13]

Andrew Lohbihler actually fiat/Chrysler had but California only Sergio CEO fiat/Chrysler said they were making a profit I read in a auto newspaper Sergio said fiat/Chrysler was taking a 1,500 dollar per a car

[@Neil-Aspinall]

The way Rose talked over this great man was annoying and disgraceful!

[@blacknikespurpleblankie1354]

Could you turn Chrysler around again? Yeah.

[@WarrenSal]

He complains about cost of production, what about the massive subsidies that they take from the tax payer, like all car makers

[@tca3021]

Isn't this an over-idealized guy? He tried to stop the Japanese advance of well-made cars with constant complaints to the government instead of paying attention to innovation. Was he only the head that saved the company? Isn't he the typical manager idealized and locked in his own image without taking into account the people who speak to him and confront him. Not the typical manager who likes attention? What happened to the company shortly after? Where were the foundations of solid leadership, if there was one? The figure must be analyzed beyond the myth.