"Like every other Mustang fan, as soon as I heard about this supercharged car I couldn\'t wait for it to be built." -William Clay Ford, Jr.
With interviews ranging from company chairman Bill Ford to the assembly line workers of the historic-yet-antiquated Dearborn Assembly Plant, Iron Fist, Lead Foot takes readers behind the scenes of this breakneck program and brings them face-to-face with the towering presence of an auto industry legend, John Coletti..
It\'s a tale of closely-guarded secrets and daunting challenges as a small, elite team struggled to create a car that will long stand as an icon of American muscle.
This is the untold story of how Coletti\'s performance mandate led to the creation of a car known as the "Terminator," the 2003 Ford SVT Mustang Cobra.
But in late 2000, Coletti stretched the boundaries of his own legend, abruptly canceling the division\'s highly-anticipated 2002 Mustang Cobra while disrupting marketing plans and enraging SVT\'s network of dealers.
And after almost single-handedly rescuing the Ford Mustang from discontinuation via a covert, renegade program, Coletti had ridden his notoriety into his own throne within Ford-as head of the elite Special Vehicle Team.
Maverick or visionary? Tyrant or leader? One thing was certain about the mercurial Coletti: he had an unswerving faith in the value of high performance.
Coletti? That was one name in the Ford Motor Company phone book guaranteed to stir up differing opinions among the huge auto manufacturer\'s upper management.
John Coletti.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company A factory supercharged Ford Mustang had long been on the wish list of muscle car fans, but it took the passion of a single man to make it happen: O. "Like every other Mustang fan, as soon as I heard about this supercharged car I couldn\'t wait for it to be built." -William Clay Ford, Jr
