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Chrysler: the Life and Times of an American Automotive Genius

by Curcio, Vincent A

  • ISBN: 9780195078961
  • ISBN10: 0195078969

Chrysler: the Life and Times of an American Automotive Genius

by Curcio, Vincent A

  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish date: 06/01/2000
  • ISBN: 9780195078961
  • ISBN10: 0195078969
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Description: Here is a richly detailed account of one of the most important men in American automotive history, based on full access to both Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler family historical records.

Chrysler emerges as a man who loved machines, an accomplished mechanic who also had highly developed managerial skills derived from half a lifetime on the railroads, a man whose success came from his deep understanding of engineering and his total commitment to the quality of his vehicles. Vincent Curcio traces Chrysler's rise from a locomotive wiper in a Kansas roundhouse to the head of the Buick Division of General Motors, to his rescue of the Maxwell-Chalmers car company, which led to the successful development of the 1924 Chrysler -- the world's first modern car -- and the formation of Chrysler Corporation in 1925. ChrysLer was quite different from the other auto giants -- a colorful and expansive man, deeply involved in the design of his cars, a maverick in establishing his headquarters in New York City, in the world's most famous art deco structure, the fabled Chrysler Building, which he built and helped to design. Because of his emphasis on quality at popular prices, the company weathered the Great Depression with flying colors -- losing money only in the rock-bottom year of 1932 -- and despite the market fiasco of the Chrysler Airflow (which was years ahead of its time), the company grew and remained profitable right up to Chrysler's death in 1940.

The definitive portrait, Walter P. Chrysler is must reading for all car enthusiasts and for everyone interested in the story of a giant of industry.

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