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What Really Happened? Penske Drops Saturn bid; GM Says Division Doomed

Steve Parker | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Enzo Ferrari, Roger and Me, Pete Petersen, Spring Hill, Saturn, United Auto Workers, Chevrolet, Cars, Roger Smith, Hal Riney, Ford, Canada, General Motors, Indy 500, Michael Moore, Chevrolet Corvette, Indycar Racing, Roger Penske, Walter P. Chrysler, Paul Tracy, Alaska, Plug-in Hybrids, Bowling Green, California Speedway, John Delorean, Business News
Steve Parker

Roger Penske's failure will almost certainly result in Saturn's demise, and publicly, officially and finally ends the Roger Smith era at GM.

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GM's New TV Commercials -- Do They Grab You?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Automotive News, White House, Bob Lutz, Ed Whitacre, General Motors, Hyundai, Honda, Detroit, Lexus-es350, Cars, Cadillac SRX Crossover, Buick Lacrosse, Business News
Steve Parker

I like the fact that GM, having suffered from a terrible inferiority complex for the past 20 years (often based, in truth, on some pretty bad product) seems, at least for its latest commercial, to have gotten some guts back.

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GM's "60-day Buy Back" plan - more gimmicks or smart sales move?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Ebay, Saab, Lee Iacocca, California, Toyota, Saturn, Ed Whiteacre, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, Buick, AT&T, Chevrolet, Lexus es350, Cars, Gmc, Pontiac, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Detroit, Core Four, Hummer, Buick Lacrosse, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

Another "Hail Mary" from GM? Or the real thing? Starting today and running through November, General Motors is offering buyers of their Core Four bra...

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"Clunker" Program Over, but Private Versions Sprout

Steve Parker | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Mazda, Nissan, Ebay, Lee Iacocca, Amati, Southern California, Chrysler, Msrp, Monroney Sticker, Cash for Clunkers, Infiniti, Cars, Obama Administration, Ford, Ford Explorer, Business News
Steve Parker

The CARS law is officially over, but dealers are offering their own versions of the "clunker" program.

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Tell Bob Lutz What GM Must Do Now

Steve Parker | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Automotive News, Chrysler, Buick, Dodge Viper, Merkur, Fiat, Cars, Lh Cars, Ford, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Pontiac GTO, Washington, Detroit, BMW 3-Series, Buick Lacrosse, JD Power, Plymouth Prowler, Chevrolet, Chevy Malibu, Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice, Bruce Mccall, Gmc, Ford Explorer, Bmw, Core Four, Buick Y-Job, Pontiac G8, Cadillac, Fitz and Van, Harley Earl, Business News
Steve Parker

GM doesn't have the kind of partnership and help which Chrysler will be getting from Fiat and Washington is on-hand only to protect the public's huge investment in the company.

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Iacocca: GM, Chrysler Need To Repay U.S. Loans Fast

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Chrysler Bailout, GM Bailout, Gm, GM Bankruptcy, Business News

DETROIT — Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has some advice for the people who are running his old company, and those who will lead the new Genera...

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Chrysler Bankruptcy: Lee Iacocca Losing Pension, Car

Yahoo! News | Emily Chasan | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Iacocca Pension, Chrysler Chapter 11, Lee Iacocca, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Chrysler Bailout, Detroit Bailout, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Lee Iacocca, the car executive credited with saving Chrysler from bankruptcy in the 1980s, is to lose a big chunk of his pension...

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Not So Fast: Don't Write Off Canada's Single-Payer Health System

Mitchell Beer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Health Wait Times, Health Care, Robert Creamer, Single-Payer, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Walter Reuther, Harm Reduction, Max Baucus, Safe Injection, Health Care in Canada, Insite, Living News
Mitchell Beer

When free-market alarmists who oppose U.S. health care reform storm Congress with their horror stories about Canada's public health insurance system, I don't know which system they're talking about.

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Obama: "Ich bin ein Chrysler!"

Steve Parker | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Jfk Speech, Jim Press, United Auto Workers, Sergio Marchionne Fiat, Cars, Obama Berlin Speech, Highland Park, Barack Obama, Gmac, Fiat Chrysler, Daimler, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Toyota Motor Corp, Alfa Romeo, Benito Mussolini, Business News
Steve Parker

Obama talked his usual great game of absolute confidence at the end of his announcement this morning, telling the country, "If you're going to buy a new car, buy an American car."

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Paging Lee Iacocca!

Christine Pelosi | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street Bailout, Main Street Bailout, A-Rod, President Barack Obama, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

Is there really no way to ensure a single standard for Wall Street and Main Street? Are there really no CEOs willing to serve as Lee Iacocca did?

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Steve Rattner, Car Czar Candidate, Is No Lee Iacocca: Auto Analysts

Bloomberg | John Hughes and Katie Merx | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Steve Rattner Car Czar, Car Czar, Steven Rattner, Obama Car Czar, Steve Rattner, Business News

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Rattner, who may become the U.S. car czar, would bring with him the financial savvy amassed during almost 25 years of d...

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AUTO CZAR: Who Will Be The Car Czar?

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Automaker Bailout, Jack Welch, Business News, Car Czar, Business, Auto Industry, Paul Volcker, Kenneth Feinberg, Auto Czar, Business News

President Bush and the Congressional democrats have reached an agreement to send $14 million in emergency loans to the struggling auto manufacturers b...

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Lee Iacocca: US Auto Execs Shouldn't Be Ousted

AP | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Auto Bailout, Auto Execs, Detroit Execs, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Business News

DETROIT — Lee Iacocca, the man who led Chrysler through a government bailout in the late 1970s, says the CEOs of Detroit's automakers should not...

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Los Angeles Auto Show - It's a wrap!

Steve Parker | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Scion, Lexus RX400h, Chrysler, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Honda, Los Angeles Convention Center, Mercedes-Benz, Cars, Compressed Natural Gas Engines, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Dearborn, Ev, Front-Wheel Drive, Green Energy, 2010 Ford Mustang, Audi Clean Diesel, Clean Diesel, SEMA Show, Green Cars, Los Angeles Auto Show, Japanese Cars, Hybrid Cars, Black Friday, Electric Cars, Los Angeles Auto Show Green, Green Commuting, Georgetown Kentucky, Mercury Milan Hybrid, Toyota CNG Hybrid, Toyota Venza, Civis Si, Honda Insight, Horizontal Doors, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Ford Fusion Hybrid, Gm, All-Wheel Drive, Lexus IS Hardtop Convertible, Detroit Three, Honda CR-Z, Cng, Honda Hybrid, Las Vegas, Smart ForTwo, Lexus RX450h, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda Civic, Smart Car, Compressed Natural Gas Cars, Dodge, King of the Kustomizers, Green Car, Compressed Natural Gas, Camry CNG Hybrid, Ford Verve, Jeep, George Barris, Volkswagen Jetta Diesel, Bluetec, Ford Fiesta, Hollywood, Business News
Steve Parker

How anxious are the Detroit Three carmakers to make sales? My wife and I were at the Los Angeles Auto Show last night, "Black Friday," at the Los Ang...

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NHTSA: Ford's Chinese Tire Troubles; Kerkorian Selling Ford; Unsafe Knock-Offs; Americans Driving Less

Steve Parker | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Lincoln MKX, Taiwan, Chrysler, Ford Mustang, Cars, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, China Products, Mercury Grand Marquis, Daimler, Los Angeles Auto Show, Specialty Equipment Market Association, Chinese Exports, Munich, Nhtsa, Ford Focus, Nbc, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Toyota, Gm, Ford F-150, Shanghai Baolong Automotive, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cerberus, Las Vegas, Ford Motor Co, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Ford Escape, Kirk Kerkorian, Big Willie Robinson, Ford Fusion, Harry Reid, Ford Edge, Taiwanese, Sema, Automechanika, Frankfurt, Business News
Steve Parker

There's good news, bad news and -- finally -- some smart, encouraging news by and for American drivers.

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Major car-maker haps: Detroit gets their bailout, Daimler selling their last 20% of Chrysler, world's largest Chevrolet dealer group closes

Steve Parker | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, House of Representatives, Automotive News, Plymouth Prowler, Detroit Three, Dodge Viper, Chevrolet, Cars, Indian Carmakers, Ford Motor Co, Just in Time Manufacturing, Camaro, Chevrolet Volt, Chrysler, GMAC, Kanban, Daimler, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Bailout, Electric Cars, Chinese Carmakers, President Bush, Business News
Steve Parker

Three major events involving the world of cars, politics and finance, both in the US and abroad. First, Automotive News reports, "Automakers and supp...

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Iacocca: "There's Something Wrong Philosophically With How Bush's Brain Works"

Page Six | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Lee Iacocca, Politics News

Lee Iacocca is no fan of President Bush. "I campaigned for him because I knew his mother and dad for 30 years, and I figured he was from pretty good s...

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