Posted on March 29th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Five classic Virgil Exner-era Chrysler Corporation cars are going on the block at Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic Auction May 17-22. Called the Classic Fins Trendsetter Collection, the cars feature not only some of the finest fins to come out of Detroit but some of the best styling of the Fabulous Fifties. The Classic Fins [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca was the last of four inaugural inductees into the Walter P. Chrysler Museum Legacy Circle. At ceremonies last night, Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler’s current CEO, invited Ford CEO Alan Mulally (Iacocca was with Ford before coming to Chrysler) and newly elected UAW president Bob King to join him at the podium [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Lee Iacocca, 85, the former Chrysler CEO famous for bringing the automaker back from the brink of bankruptcy in the 1980s, will be one of four people honored tonight at a gala fundraiser for the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Iacocca, a gifted pitchman who told the American people “If you can [...]
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