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
half job model
Probably half the job is cost-cutting. The new model lineup is the other part of it.
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Truck-based models cost less for U.S. car markers to produce because they already have all the parts developed for their truck business. These truck-based SUVs have been the most profitable segment for Detroit in recent years, so developing new car-based models will eat into margins.
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My opinion is there's still a lot of upside for Toyota, ... They're expanding capacity, still introducing models (in market segments) where they haven't been. They've got a technological lead in (fuel efficient) hybrids. They're aggressively expanding here still.
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It would be a dream come true to score and incredible to score the winner.
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It was the sweetest moment in my career,
break
isn't going to make or break the company.
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These are vehicles on the market mainly because of the insanity of regulators in states like California that are worried about emissions standards,
amount business people plants
These are things they've got to do, but there's a lot more. They've got too many models, too many people and too many plants for the amount of business they're doing now.
company relative size
These are small, insignificant adjustments relative to the size of the company.
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Everything was great in North America. But they were struggling elsewhere. I think that they're running into a lot of competition in pricing and product.
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Sales were running down in the early part of the month. In the middle of the month, they launched heavy incentives, and had a very strong close.
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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.
continue damage large likely margins mix persist profit sales seems shift state
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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People think highly of Henderson, but I'm sorry that Devine is leaving. He tells it like it is, and he's a known quantity.