Chrysler invented rebates, I’m sorry to say. I didn’t have anything to do with that. A lot of flaky deals were made in order to give the customer enough cash for a down payment. Lee Iacocca Read Quote
A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business. Lee Iacocca Read Quote
What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed. Lee Iacocca Read Quote
The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they’re expected to do – they always reach. Lee Iacocca Read Quote
I guess I invented extended warranties, because that’s all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days. Lee Iacocca Read Quote
I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. Lee Iacocca Read Quote
