George Pipas
George Pipas
largest models profitable
It was the most profitable models that experienced largest increases,
advantage balance capacity demand honda production toyota whenever
Whenever production and demand are out of balance, you have incentives. Toyota and Honda have the advantage of a more clean-sheet approach, so they have capacity more in balance with demand.
buys car focus likely move pickup stay
The person who buys a Focus is more likely to stay with us to move into a mid-size car or SUV or pickup trucks,
lack levels support term
With these levels of inventories, we probably need to replenish inventories to a level that will support a - for lack of a better term - 'normal' level of sales,
goal good increase market share
Our goal is to increase market share in 2003. There's a long way to go...but this is a good start.
assumption base planning
Our base planning assumption was not predicated on unemployment going down,
financing impact perceived percent program strong swept wave zero
I think that impact of that program is not as strong as when it was first announced, ... Zero percent financing was like a tidal wave and you had to get on the wave or you'd be swept under. But I think the program is still perceived as having a lot of value.
buying cars feedback less people
Some of the feedback we got was there was less traffic, but people who were there were people there buying cars and trucks.
beginning expected january sales
January sales were better than we expected at the beginning of the month. We expected them to be down 15 to 20 percent.
ahead easily inventory january month selling situation
January is easily the slowest selling month of the year. We don't want the inventory situation to get ahead of us.
best huge last month sixth
Last May was a huge SUV month -- the sixth best ever for Ford,
adjustment subscribe works
We don't subscribe to that adjustment even when it works out in our favor.
brand carve continue dominate names niche offered products strong three toyota
The Nissan and Toyota products will carve out a niche in the full-size segment, but the Big Three and F-series will continue to dominate for years to come, ... The products and brand names offered by domestics are very strong and getting stronger. The Nissan product is great, but it still has a way to go. So does Toyota.
next plan production quarter third
We've put out our production plan for the third quarter that is something we feel like we can live with for the next three-month period.