Driven to Fail is an automotive podcast about failure hosted by journalist Sam Smith. Each episode focuses on a different successful person in the car business, examining how we learn to pick ourselves back up after falling down. First-season guests include the man behind Ken Block's broken Pikes Peak Porsche, a racing driver who nearly died at the wheel, and a retired Ford executive who helped save thousands of lives.
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Driven to Fail is an automotive podcast about failure hosted by journalist Sam Smith. Each episode focuses on a different successful person in the car business, examining how we learn to pick ourselves back up after falling down. First-season guests include the man behind Ken Block's broken Pikes Peak Porsche, a racing driver who nearly died at the wheel, and a retired Ford executive who helped save thousands of lives.
The Man Who Saved The Mustang - Driven to Fail w/ Sam Smith, Ep 5 - John Coletti
Driven To Fail with Sam Smith
1 hour 19 minutes
2 years ago
The Man Who Saved The Mustang - Driven to Fail w/ Sam Smith, Ep 5 - John Coletti
What does it mean to really care about what you do? How much should you have to compromise when building something great?
A few decades ago, John Coletti made a huge gamble to keep the rear-drive Ford Mustang from being canceled. Later, he ran Ford’s Special Vehicle Team. He chiefed the programs that produced the second-generation F-150 Lightning, the SVT Focus, the Cobra R and Cobra “Terminator” Mustangs, and the first Ford GT supercar.
Before we began taping, Coletti asked if we could keep our chat positive. Of course, I said—that's the whole point of the show. He smiled. But then, this is a man who once put his job on the line because he believed in something greater than himself. You'd expect nothing less.
Driven to Fail is a podcast about what happens when things go wrong. What we do when life falls apart, and what we learn when we try to put it back together.
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Driven To Fail with Sam Smith
Driven to Fail is an automotive podcast about failure hosted by journalist Sam Smith. Each episode focuses on a different successful person in the car business, examining how we learn to pick ourselves back up after falling down. First-season guests include the man behind Ken Block's broken Pikes Peak Porsche, a racing driver who nearly died at the wheel, and a retired Ford executive who helped save thousands of lives.
