Chrysler was in an even worse state in the early 80s (before Iacocca) And who was it that bailed them out? Good ole Uncle Sam. Lee worked a deal with the Uncle for vehicle purchases cheap shoddy cars sold enmasse to the government to help turn enough profit for the development of their Mini-van.

Lutz is politicing hard right now and is setting up the lobbiest to help them out in getting the standards changed/modified or what ever you wanna call it.