David Healy
David Healy
David Jonathan Healy, MBEis a Northern Irish former footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth5 August 1979
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Sales of gas-inefficient large SUVs are in a state of near-collapse this month. It seems likely that the shift in the sales mix away from large SUVs will persist and continue to damage Detroit's profit margins in the process.
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Sales of gas-inefficient large SUVs are in a state of near-collapse this month, ... It seems likely that the shift in the sales mix away from large SUVs will persist and continue to damage Detroit's profit margins in the process.
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It's more likely that Toyota will overtake them in 2007 rather than 2006, but it's inevitably going to happen fairly soon, either way.
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I think GM's numbers will be close to 9.1 million to 9.2 million vehicles in 2006 thanks to its strength in the Asia-Pacific market. It's likely that Toyota will pass GM in volume worldwide, but I don't think it's going to happen in 2006.
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It's more trouble for the suppliers. Partly, it's a reflection of the fact that Ford and GM are shrinking to reckon with lower market share. And so there's less business to go around for the suppliers.
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It's strange. I don't even know about friends, what they think about me, ... You don't really know who you can trust.
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It's still a very profitable segment. That's why everyone is getting into it. But you will definitely see more incentives.
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The bearishness is overdone. This is probably the part of the cycle where you'd do well owning auto stocks if you have some patience.
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They've got to get these operations turned around. By 2007, I think that will begin to happen.
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They've got some interesting new stuff coming out. They're going to continue to do better than GM and Ford in North America, but I think there'll be a squeeze on their earnings.
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These pills can be useful pills, but they don't match up to the hype we've had that they really cure the illness.
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It's not bet-the-company, but it's pretty darn important. Well, maybe it is bet-the-company.
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I'm not sure how significant that is because these warped market shares were caused by the strike that is now over.
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Imports and transplants have eaten Detroit's lunch and are beginning to nibble at its dinner as well.