But autoloaders are aimed at the server level, not the desktop level, so there should be stronger interest among VARs and system integrators. |
For Toyota, it was a huge, huge, immeasurably valuable PR coup, ... was a mistake from one aspect, and that's public relations and catering to the environmental movement. |
Fuel prices would have to go to European levels for that to happen. If it stays (in the $3 to $4 per gallon range) it will result in some market shift. It has to. |
I think the American industry has stopped considering (small cars) as commodity vehicles, |
If U.S. fuel prices start equaling fuel prices in Europe, we will have the same vehicle type over time that Europe does - a very large B-class at the bottom with the vast majority of people driving Cobalt-sized cars, |
Imminent GM bankruptcy was always fiction, created by Wall Street and the media. |
It is realistic to assume the segment won't grow. |
It's realistic to assume the segment won't grow, but we will be taking share. |
People are still going to buy full-sized sport-utilities at $3 a gallon. But even at $3 a gallon, it's 750,000 people a year. It's not going to go to a million, |
People who think it doesn't matter who owns our auto industry are flat wrong. |
That is the way we are going to do things from now on. It just makes more sense. Why we did not do that before? What can I say? We were stupid. We're much smarter, now. |
The problem was right there before us all along. It was so easy to see, once we decided to look. It's not rocket science. |
There used to be a view expressed: 'Hey, let's just make these cars. Nobody cares about them. Nobody cares whether they are bad or good. It's for the people who can't afford anything better, and price is the only thing that counts.' |
We analyzed the reason for where we were with the brand: great dealers, loyal customers, bland products. So we told ourselves: Why not link the reputation for service and sales integrity to existing, world-class products? |
We just absolutely refuse to believe that there's going to be a strike. We're gonna work our way through it. |