43 ordspråk av Rebecca Lindland
Rebecca Lindland
Adding 2006 SUVs is like the kiss of death. Where do they stop it?
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Adding 2006 SUVs is like the kiss of death. Where do they stop it?
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As people live with them and maybe do some math, and if prices stay at the premium stage, you're just going to see sales slow.
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Both are still kind of holding a gun to each other's head. This is not total disarmament.
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Consumers are obviously more aware of gas prices, but I don't think you can attribute all of that to gas prices.
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Even with gas prices this high, a $7,000 to $8,000 incentive buys a lot of gas.
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Ford is clearly on the path of closing at least a car plant if not a truck plant. They're losing market share, and they have too much capacity.
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Given that's a new model, that's a big decline.
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He proved successful in turning around Mazda when everyone else had written it off, but Ford is a lot bigger and there's a lot more to take care of.
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How many plants do they need to close? How much are they going to pay the left-over workers? Who is left at the plants? How much will they have to pay? Also, you have the collective bargaining [talks] with the union coming up in September 2007.
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I feel like people are going to look and say, 'Can I give up my job for $35,000?
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I still don't think we're going to see a significant difference in what people buy unless that $3 stays for six months or more.
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I think consumers do respond to these types of reports. Manufacturers can't use Consumer Reports data in their advertising, so it's up to consumers to research this and find out the information for themselves. Unfortunately for the domestic companies, a large percentage of people actually do that research when it comes to buying a car.
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I think it's indicative of the market. Consumer Reports has a very high standard for consumer research — the gold standard really — and for the list of top picks to not have any domestic cars on it really says something.
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Ironically, GM has lost just about exactly what Toyota has gained. In North America, it's very much a situation right now where Toyota is moving forward while GM is really managing its decline and trying to figure out how to manage such a big company with such a big market share decline.
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