Paul Ballew
Paul Ballew
automatic bit cars cd change expensive low options quite seen small unusual vehicles
We've seen quite a bit of that 'richening,' even with low (priced) cars. If you look at vehicles now, it's not unusual for small cars to have stackable CD changers or satellite. It's quite a change from old beer-can-on-wheels day when the least expensive cars had no options -- no air, not even an automatic transmission.
automatic bit cars cd change expensive low options quite seen small unusual vehicles
We've seen quite a bit of that 'richening,' even with low (priced) cars, ... If you look at vehicles now, it's not unusual for small cars to have stackable CD changers or satellite. It's quite a change from old beer-can-on-wheels day when the least expensive cars had no options -- no air, not even an automatic transmission.
business commercial growing planning
We're still planning on growing on the commercial business. Commercial business can be very profitable.
far performance seeing solid
We're seeing a good, solid performance so far this year.
overall share tough
Overall share is going to be tough for us this year.
ahead beating month number objective production response sales
On the (Tahoe), we're beating expectations on a number of fronts. We're beating the production schedule, we're ahead of our sales objective for the month and the response we're getting from dealers is positive.
dominate market reduced remains
remains well positioned to dominate the market even at reduced volumes.
area fuel issue mean notoriety remains strategy top
It is a very, very important issue and, as we try to communicate all the time, it has been and remains at the top of our concerns, ... Just because we don't get the notoriety of having a Prius doesn't mean we don't have a comprehensive strategy in the area of fuel economy.
describe expected month solid
I would describe the month as pretty good, solid ... and where we expected it to be.
above beginning describe industry solid year
I would describe it as a pretty solid year for the industry and one that is above our expectations that we had at the beginning part of the year.
coming describe february position
While we still have a lot to do, I would describe February and our position coming out of February as pretty good.
certainly consumers denying economy fuel gas interest prices realize saw seeing shift understanding
We realize that gas prices are important to consumers and we're certainly not denying that there's an impact. We are seeing more interest in consumers understanding fuel economy of vehicles. But there's not the shift we saw in the 70's and 80's.
expect sales strengthen
We do need to see sales and we expect to see sales strengthen as we get into May and June.
staring
We do have some payback out there staring us in the face.