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  • The Greatest Automotive Flops of the Last 25 Years

    05/18/2009 6:26:41 PM PDT · by Eddie01 · 30 replies · 1,667+ views
    Car and Driver ^ | Feb 2009 | Phil Leitz
    [snip] Chrysler’s TC by Maserati (1989–91) Arrogance, thy name is Lee Iacocca. In the late 1980s, the Chrysler chairman and perpetual huckster turned a friendship with Alejandro de Tomaso, then president of Maserati, into the most shudder-worthy example of corporate avarice ever to roll off an assembly line. Chrysler’s TC by Maserati was little more than a Milan-built K-car with a few pricey underhood components and some styling hackery, a wrinkly grandmother dressed up in custom running shoes and ill-fitting hot pants. The Maserati trident plastered on the grille just added insult to injury. [snip]