Jed Connelly
Jed Connelly
cleanest good logical looked seemed transition
It just seemed like a really good transition time. It seemed like the best, most logical thing to do, and it looked like the cleanest thing for the company.
fuel good prices timing
The timing is good because, while fuel prices have stabilized, it's still on people's minds.
general manager
Like the general manager of any championship team, I'd like to keep everyone together,
bottom bring corporate flow lower products research savings
It does lower our costs. And all of those savings flow back to the corporate bottom line. It allows us to bring out more new products and do more research and development.
hopeful key minimize
I'm still hopeful we'll keep a lot of the key people. I don't minimize the impact. I know it's going to be difficult.
bigger piece
Frankly, we want a bigger piece of this market.
duty expect including last market move percent share year
Last year we did 6.3 percent (market share), and that wasn't including subcompacts and heavy-duty trucks. As we move into these segments, you'd expect market share to grow.
design good mini power profitable
Mini showed what the power of good design can do, and how profitable it can be.
good seemed transition
It just seemed like a really good transition time.
absolutely committed player truck
We're absolutely committed to being a player in the full-size truck market,
activity car coming model rounds strong versa
Versa rounds out our strong car portfolio, which is going to see a lot of new activity in the coming model year,
declines
Those were the big declines (of the month).
august days due few good hurricane last lost momentum
August was very good for us, but we lost some momentum in the last few days due to Hurricane Katrina.
basically business entire gulf month region state texas
Dealers in the Gulf region were out of business for most of the month of September. Basically the entire state of Texas was impacted.