David Cole
David Cole
business certainly reality talking today
I'm certainly not shocked, ... because the reality of the business world today is that anything can happen, everyone is talking to everyone else.
bad certainly news
The bad news certainly isn't going to end for a while.
benefit certainly chance competitor cuts enter factory field hot incentives lose maybe move price stay volume
There's the thought that if this is going to be so hot, why not price it higher? But if you do, maybe you lose volume and it doesn't stay hot as long, or you have to move to incentives and price cuts sooner, or you give a competitor a chance to enter the field sooner. The dealers certainly are making money. But the factory doesn't benefit from that.
bring certainly critical impact strike threat
A strike is always a threat in bankruptcy. A strike would certainly have an impact on clients. If there were a strike in a critical part of the company, it would bring everyone down.
burden certainly
You certainly wouldn't want to put the burden of this on someone who is new to the scene.
dead detroit president wait washington
The president was right. If Detroit has to wait around for Washington to act, they'll be dead and buried.
complexity legacy practices tools
When you look at the complexity of the business, it's not really a surprise. There's a lot of legacy practices that need to be fractured. What they have now with e-technology are the tools to really get at it.
denied women
Why should women from Rutgers and Livingston be denied the right to participate?
believed great people
I don't think a great many people really believed that (the Delphi bankruptcy) was going to happen.
chinese consumer feels initial korean mainly quality related resistance saw
We saw resistance to the initial Korean cars, but that was mainly related to quality. If the quality (of Chinese cars) is up to snuff, if the consumer feels there's value, they'll go for it.
employees local street turned visitors
Visitors are turned off by employees who mispronounce local street names.
parts people rick surround
You have to surround yourself with people who know the other parts of the company. Rick has done that. That's one of his strengths.
bill philosophy team top wants
Bill Ford's philosophy is that he wants a team at the top of the pyramid,
europeans ford growth koreans loss market means suffered three
Everyone was up in volume, but if some are up more, it means redistribution of the market, ... The real growth has come from the Koreans and Europeans while the Big Three (GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler) really suffered loss in market share.