“The subcompacts are just too small. The American people won’t climb into them. They have to give up too much in creature comfort. I think even a compact’s a little small. I would think that probably the most popular car size you’ll see 15 years from now will be like our intermediates today.”
— Chrysler CEO Lynn Townsend to Forbes
RE:SOURCES
- Hyde, Charles K.; 2003. Riding The Roller Coaster: A history of the Chrysler Corporation. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI: p. 212.
Also see ‘1970 Plymouth Barracuda should have been like an Australian Valiant Charger’
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