Paul Ballew
Paul Ballew
expect sales strengthen
We do need to see sales and we expect to see sales strengthen as we get into May and June.
estimate exceeded healthy production sales turned
We've exceeded the sales estimate for the month. We turned the production at a very healthy pace.
exploded sales seen truck
Truck sales were just phenomenal. They just exploded like nothing I've ever seen before.
anticipate balance continue forth half held monetary people policy poor rifle sales somewhat vehicle year
Monetary policy can take a year, year and a half to rifle through the economy. Vehicle sales have held up somewhat better than what people have anticipated. You try to find balance ... When all is said and done, we don't anticipate the back end of this year to be a poor back end. We just continue to try to put forth what we think is the right balance. We're cautiously optimistic.
improve pleased quality sales
We're not pleased with our sales decline, but it's important for us to improve the quality of our sales.
believe brings compelling continue crafted created due leadership offensive period plan program sales simple time weak
It's a program that has been crafted for a period of time -- it was not created due to weak sales in May. We are on the offensive and we plan to continue to be on the offensive. We believe simple and compelling works, and we believe leadership brings its own benefits.
affecting hard looked sales taking tough wind year
We didn't see this so-called 'CNN effect,' ... We looked long and hard for it, but it was tough to quantify. It's probably only affecting sales on the margin. For the year it'll probably end up taking a little wind out of our sails.
knew pace pickup sales start
This is not where we want to be, but we knew it would be a very challenging start to the year. We need to pickup our sales pace going forward.
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.
continue deliver good inform message people
We have to continue to deliver our message to inform people just how good we are.
coming hopefully
What's going to be coming to G.M. hopefully through this process, will be a leaner and more competitive manufacturer.
breaking certainly economy fuel regard
We are breaking all new ground, certainly with regard to fuel economy and safety.
continue decade expect increase rest revenue though
We expect the revenue increase to continue though the rest of this decade and beyond.
current economy entirely expect industry kidding outlook picture positive present pressures remain
We expect pressures to remain for the present. We're not kidding ourselves. As we look at the current near-term outlook there's sluggishness out there. However, the long-term picture is not entirely negative. The fundamentals for economy remain very positive for the industry as a whole.