August was very good for us, but we lost some momentum in the last few days due to Hurricane Katrina. |
Dealers in the Gulf region were out of business for most of the month of September. Basically the entire state of Texas was impacted. |
Frankly, we want a bigger piece of this market. |
I think it's well served to be cautious. |
I'm not saying we won't have hiccups within Nissan (as a result of the move), but we hope those hiccups won't be visible in our production or to our customers. |
I'm still hopeful we'll keep a lot of the key people. I don't minimize the impact. I know it's going to be difficult. |
Interest rates are something that people think about a lot. |
It does lower our costs. And all of those savings flow back to the corporate bottom line. It allows us to bring out more new products and do more research and development. |
It just seemed like a really good transition time. |
It just seemed like a really good transition time. It seemed like the best, most logical thing to do, and it looked like the cleanest thing for the company. |
Last year we did 6.3 percent (market share), and that wasn't including subcompacts and heavy-duty trucks. As we move into these segments, you'd expect market share to grow. |
Like the general manager of any championship team, I'd like to keep everyone together, |
Mini showed what the power of good design can do, and how profitable it can be. |
October was a tough month. |
The new stuff is what's needed. |