Chrysler Sebring Convertible

27/09/2008 13:32. In his autobiography, former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca recounts how the LeBaron Convertible came to be. Perhaps emulating Edsel Ford who had a Lincoln Zephyr customized into a two-door convertible for his Florida home, Iacocca ordered the top off of a Chrysler LeBaron coupe for his summer enjoyment. The thought of him driving around in a compact K-Car, gray hair blowing, is entertaining enough. But, he claims that so many people stopped him to ask about the car that he ordered it into production.

That turns out to have been a pretty smart move, no matter how the story is told. For two and a half decades, Chrysler has offered one of the two most popular convertibles sold in America (the other being, ironically enough, Iacocca's other baby - the Ford Mustang). LeBaron became Sebring in... // Daily Camera