47 ordspråk av Art Spinella
Art Spinella
A lot of people got out of the stock market and had cash and they had to do something with it.
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About 38 percent said that fuel economy is somewhat or very important -- that is up 15 percentage points from a year ago. It's passed 'higher horsepower' for the first time. That's significant. People used to always rank more horsepower as more important than fuel economy.
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Dealers started losing salespeople too.
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Do I want to see a subdivision or a gun club? Honestly - I would want a gun club.
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Flood vehicles can be sold for their parts. There isn't a single vehicle that came out of Katrina that should be sold. They should all be scrapped.
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Floor traffic has dried up. And that’s not just for the Big Three, it’s for everybody -- with the exception of Toyota, ... It’s way too early to tell what that means.
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From a marketing standpoint, these programs are clearly losing their effectiveness. I pretty much expect everyone to back off. I really don't know what they're going to replace it with.
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Hidden incentives happen all the time.
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I can easily see Asian automakers grabbing another three or four percentage points next year. I can see them taking 50 percent of the market eventually without breaking a sweat.
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I don't know how this program will pan out, but it's certainly a ground breaking move.
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I don't think he's fulfilled any of the key promises or plans he laid out. Ford should have become the Honda of U.S. automakers. But [William] Ford just did not move fast enough.
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I'm not sure the American public recognizes this as a big deal. Most don't pay attention and are already of the opinion that Toyota is as big as GM.
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If it's priced right, even if the quality is somewhat less than other makes, they'd consider buying (Chinese cars) because Americans love a bargain.
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If it's two or three years, you're better off leasing, ... If it's longer than three years you're better off buying.
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In five, seven, maybe 10 years, I see the Chinese doing to the Koreans what the Koreans are doing to the Japanese now.
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