Submitted by FiredFox t3_z3bk4h in todayilearned
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FiredFox OP t1_ixkzi7d wrote
Don’t forget his role in the creation of the Ford Mustang and getting Chrysler to buy the Jeep brand from AMC!
Vera_Telco t1_ixkzmrn wrote
Iacocca is a genius! Now, who came up with the bud vase? (Edit: my spellin')
BobsReddit_ t1_ixkzzsv wrote
I wonder which year a standard phone holder will be invented
FiredFox OP t1_ixl0e7m wrote
They already have those of you count wireless charging pads
Van_GOOOOOUGH t1_ixl7med wrote
nemo1080 t1_ixlbz2c wrote
All the good things.
SeraxOfTolos t1_ixlclpe wrote
Weird that my 89 Jetta didn't then. Fucking Germans.
GetsGold t1_ixlhzxa wrote
Maybe they felt people should be paying attention while driving 200 kph instead of sipping a steaming hot coffee.
Rickshmitt t1_ixlkww6 wrote
A caravan! Periwinkle blue
SeraxOfTolos t1_ixlocgu wrote
It only went 87 mph down hill....
MosesOnAcid t1_ixlpcex wrote
Also the Plymouth Voyager, both released in 1983 by Chrysler as the 2 first mass produced cars with built in cupholders.
Rabbitmincer t1_ixlur7w wrote
Do you like daags?
hobbykitjr t1_ixlwnbu wrote
2 minutes Turkish!
Traditional_Entry183 t1_ixlycxk wrote
My wife has a 2020 Toyota Highlander with a charging pad. It's soft and the phone doesn't slide around too
GetsGold t1_ixm3so7 wrote
That's probably 200 in kilometers though.
Animallover4321 t1_ixm8y21 wrote
My ‘98 Buick didn’t either. Really made the 3 hours a day I spent commuting so much more fun.
Alexlam24 t1_ixma57z wrote
It very much isn't even close to 200kph lol
GetsGold t1_ixmajhl wrote
It's downhill though.
ssshield t1_ixmd2st wrote
My dad always had a thermos of coffee and the big triangle coffee cup to drink from.
Thats how a man went to work before cup holders.
VotingIsImportant t1_ixmn6bo wrote
I don't know about that. Jeeps are trash vehicles.
VotingIsImportant t1_ixmnn48 wrote
3 hours a day. 90 hours a month. That's 3.9 days per months spend doing nothing but driving.
VotingIsImportant t1_ixmo9zi wrote
Well, now a days we have people who drive Ford F-450 dually Super Duties as daily drivers for 1 person. For some people, that truck is a status symbol and will never see a days work in it's life of being of pavement princess.
FiredFox OP t1_ixmohdu wrote
The reborn and modernized Jeep brand was a huge money maker for Chrysler and could be said to have saved the company.
VotingIsImportant t1_ixmom4m wrote
Doesn't change the fact Jeeps are still trash.
FiredFox OP t1_ixmot45 wrote
Germans famously poo-poo'ed the cup holder for as long as they could since "nobody has a cup in their hands on the autobahn"
Even after they relented their cup holder designs were distinctly half-ass
FiredFox OP t1_ixmp6l4 wrote
High margin, fast selling, in high demand trash.
The best kind of trash.
genecy t1_ixms2jz wrote
people like what they like 🤷🏽♂️ i’ve been daily driving a sports car since 2017 but still have never seen a track. and i don’t really have a desire to
AlephBaker t1_ixmsiz8 wrote
Wos 'appenin' with those sausages, Charlie?
Muscled_Manatee t1_ixmtyo2 wrote
Yeah my Telluride has one as well
DroolingIguana t1_ixmw26q wrote
#They already have those of you count wireless charging pads
scooterboy1961 t1_ixn2s9y wrote
John Delorian invented the GTO.
Iacocca was responsible for the Mustang.
Coachbelcher t1_ixn5dn9 wrote
I remember as a kid having these cupholders that would fit into the window.
NickDanger3di t1_ixn5gph wrote
And now every car has holders, exactly sized so that any size cup you place in them will tip over at the first bump or curve.
henrysmith78362 t1_ixnccxa wrote
These were great family cars. The 3 liter engine was nearly bullet proof but the transmissions were absolute crap. I owned 3 of these vans and had to put a new trans in each at $1800 a pop. Through all the recalls and improvements they never fixed the trans. Then along came Honda and blew them out of the water.
muffinhead2580 t1_ixncnis wrote
Buying all of AMC which led to incoming horrible management because the amc chiefs were allowed to take over.
Fondren_Richmond t1_ixniumz wrote
> John Delorian invented the GTO.
It is confounding how much of a piece of shit John Delorean turned out to be
Fondren_Richmond t1_ixnj136 wrote
Every teen movie in the '80s the popular girl was driving a white VW Rabbit
mstomm t1_ixnsvf4 wrote
My Camry has one too, unfortunately it's too weak to work though my phone case.
Luckily my phone still holds a charge so I only ever really needed it on a roadtrip when I was taking tons of pictures.
mstomm t1_ixntdqj wrote
My parents test drove an early Caravan in winter. They were impressed with how well it handled the icy ruts on the roads, as few vehicles at the time were Front Wheel Drive (And AWD or 4WD was limited to work vehicles). They also liked the practicality, being able to haul lots of whatever. So they got one.
Then they found out they were having their first kid.
Kept the Caravan for 14 years, upgraded to a '98 Grand Caravan, kept that until it got totaled out by a Hit and Run 17 years later, and are now running the wheels off their Sienna.
Pahsghetti t1_ixo2786 wrote
#Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.
OSCgal t1_ixqqra5 wrote
Yeah, I remember trying to jam them in there. It was a tight fit.
nemo1080 t1_ixkywwx wrote
Had Iacocca run for president he likely would have won. Not only did he invent the GTO but he was smart enough to redial his talents into creating the exact thing Dodge needed to be saved while simultaneously creating an iconic vehicle.