Right now Toyota is really struggling for capacity. They can't build enough cars. They have to import them from Japan. They definitely have the ability to sell more vehicles. |
Someone has to make sure Delphi's parts are not interrupted. |
The Escalade is going to be pretty tough to beat. You're competing on performance. The real killer for Lincoln is going to be the horsepower, or lack thereof. |
The light vehicle segment is so incredibly competitive. Whenever you have such high levels of competition, it has a tendency to drive prices down. |
There's a lot of things GM and Ford are still grappling with if they're going to adapt to these niche markets. |
There's more pressure to get components from offshore. |
They understand that there's some shortcomings. It says they're addressing them. |
They've packaged it just slightly different enough so that it's more of a utility vehicle -- a smaller crossover. It represents a much better value than Neon ever did. |
This day of reckoning had to come. Hopefully they can get beyond this. |