19 ordspråk av Jeff Schuster
Jeff Schuster
A lot could happen between now and the end of the month. But at this point, we're on track for an October like we haven't seen sine the early 1990s.
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As we enter into the summer months, any benefit on that side is going to be well received.
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Competitive pressure means carmakers are compelled to add features, lower prices, and push technology. Consumers get the benefit.
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Gas prices are certainly becoming a popular dinner and water cooler discussion topic, but consumers appear to be conditioned to prices at current levels.
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It definitely speaks to the fact that (this) is a global automotive market and to have that global success, you have to reach with all of your brands and not just the Chrysler brand.
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It has less of a purely American style.
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Moving forward, most growth in the SUV segment will come from car-based vehicles.
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Paying attention to the changing lifestyles of the consumer is very important. When you have so much competition differentiating your product over others with a little tiny thing that suits (the consumer's) lifestyle may be enough to sway them.
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So far, the perceived gas price increases have not had any discernible impact on new-vehicle buying patterns, as least with regard to the size of the engine.
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The new models should provide a slight increase in sales for 18 to 24 months, but after that they should level out again.
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The onslaught is more a competitive response to the success Scion has had attracting buyers than it is a response to fuel prices.
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The Patriot can end up cannibalizing or competing with vehicles in the Jeep lineup and not provide the incremental volume that they hope it does.
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Tivoli is coming out with a new set of technologies around composite application management and what we're announcing here is we're integrating support so that Rational Performance Tester is directly tied to those data collectors.
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Volker Kruger's extensive automotive background adds another valuable asset to our European team. We see tremendous opportunities to better serve clients in Germany and in surrounding areas with the addition of Mr. Kruger.
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We don't see that happening right now. This is an opportunity for GM to unveil some not-so-pleasant news and get it over with, but in the next few years we see sales being relatively strong.
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