Tucker Movie Analysis

One of the greatest cars that never was: the Tucker. Designed by a man who had enough energy to build his own car and enough ambition to stand behind it even in the face of court. Preston Tucker used his charismatic leadership characteristics, undying vision, and his ability to effectively empower his followers to make his dream car come to life. Preston Tucker couldn’t fail, or at least thought he couldn’t. This perfectionist attitude helped drive his dreams into reality. Many demands were placed on Tucker as he tried to get his car idea off the ground, and his energetic style of leadership kept him and those around him intrigued. When parts of this car building journey got choppy like they did at the unveiling ceremony, Tucker did …show more content…
When presenting his case to the jurors at the end of the movie, Tucker was able to hold on to everyone’s attention which seemed to have a strong enough effect on the jurors to find him not guilty. Tucker was always positive, and in a …show more content…
It can be observed from the movie that Tucker absolutely believed in everything that his car could be and was appalled at the thought of changing it to anything other than his perfect idea. He was more concerned with how the car was going to turn out than the well-being of the people working with and for him. When the car almost fell on his “design team” (the head of the design department) he was so worried about what happened to the car that he didn’t even pay attention to the fact that one of his first employees was almost killed. While an employee casualty would have been a massive setback, Tucker still made sure his workers knew that he wanted the car built as close to original specifications as possible. Tuckers design guy knew that, and understood the frustration Tucker showed even in the face of his near death encounter. Tucker envisioned a safe and fast family car. In his design were plans to put an engine in the rear instead of under the hood, to use shatter-proof glass that would pop out easily, and the revolutionary seatbelt that is universally used today. In order to get funding for the plant to build the car and enough capital to get enough cars built to start making money, Tucker had to lean on investors. The interests of the investors were much different than Tuckers (they saw no need for the game-changing features of the car), which eventually led to the downfall of his