The Six Men Who Built the Modern Auto Industry

by Richard A. Johnson

Book Overview

The compelling story of the global car industry over the past half century. A business story interlaced with personal details that explains why the six were determined to be successful. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760319588
• ISBN13: 9780760319581
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Six Men Who Built The Modern Auto Industry

This is a "Must Read" for anyone who has an interest in how the cars we are able to buy get to market, or for that mater, anyone interested in corporate politics and leadership. The personalities of the top decession makers are reflected in the products and philosophy of the companies that they run. Should be manditory reading for business majors. Six Men Who Built The Modern Auto Industry

Auto guys must read

Excellent coverage and integration of key players in the auto industry. I enjoyed reading and learning about each of the princible leaders. I would encourage others to give it a read.

Overall Ok...

I bought and read this title recently, and was overall satisfied. I was looking forward to sitting down with this book, and was a fast read. I know that repitition is commonly used in poetry to put emphasis on a subject, but in this title there was entirely too much information repeated throughout the chapters, and could have been a bit more informative. There was a consistency of errors throunghout the text also, primarily quotation and punctuation errors, and makes the reader wonder what the editor was paid to do if there even was one. Like I said before the book was good and fast, and once you subtract the set backs the result is still a positive score. Another thing there was no in text citation, or works cited in the book, but the information seemed reliable. If I had $20.00 in my pocket and had the chance to buy it again I think I would have bought it used...

Six Men

Just finished this book in a day, it was impossible to for me to put down. Johnson takes these six men and outlines their impressive careers and their contributions to the Automotive industry in depth. His insite into their super sized egos, the struggles they faced as they rose and those they left in their wake is a must read for anyone with a passion for Automotive industry history. Those interested enough to have read the biographies of Ford, Iacocca, and Lutz will appreciate the way Johnson weaves an intriguing story that connects these individuals and their mentors as they either became or didnt become CEO's of their companies in the US, Europe and Japan. Although I work in the automotive industry, This book presented me with my first indepth knowledge of Piech, and Von Kuenheim and their dominant influence on the global industry. Some may wonder why Kiichiro or Eiji Toyoda didnt make the list of the six men. You'll have to read the book! Its apparent that the previous reviewer had not read the book or she would not have been compelled to ask the question why "Toyota" was not one of the six. If you cant resist the tales of the best and the brightest this book takes you inside boardrooms of the powerhouses of industry over a period of 50 extensively researched years.