Whether you’re a junior enlisted service member buying your first Mustang at 25% APR or you have a minivan to get your kids where they need to be, you can thank Hal Sperlich. Harold K. “Hal” Sperlich is widely regarded as “ the most influential auto executive you barely know ,” because he played such a critical role in developing some of the automotive industry’s biggest winners. For some 40 years, he would help shape and reshape the American auto industry (and save one of its iconic brands)