Rebecca Lindland
Rebecca Lindland
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I still don't think we're going to see a significant difference in what people buy unless that $3 stays for six months or more.
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People complain about gas prices, but they don't change their buying habits. We've been saying that gas prices have to hit $3 a gallon and stay there for six months to see a change in behavior.
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Whether it will steer people into a GM vehicle is hard to say. It all depends on the cost. People all say they want run-flat tires, but when they find out how much they cost, they do without them.
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As people live with them and maybe do some math, and if prices stay at the premium stage, you're just going to see sales slow.
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Young people like big, aggressive trucks. Toyota did a good job of making the Tundra stylish without being feminine.
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I feel like people are going to look and say, 'Can I give up my job for $35,000?
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The incremental sales will come from people who want a pickup for the weekend. I don't think the hard-core pickup buyer is going to abandon Ford, Chevy and Dodge.
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Both are still kind of holding a gun to each other's head. This is not total disarmament.
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Sometimes you say a new year can bring a clean slate and refreshment, but that's not the case for 2006. 2005 was a tough year, and 2006 will be another tough year. In the U.S. market, I don't see a let-up of the pressure on GM and Ford from the Asian car makers.
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We are anticipating the domestic Big Three to lose another point of market share in March.
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It doesn't seem to me that now is the time to play around with product names.
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Given that's a new model, that's a big decline.
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Ford is clearly on the path of closing at least a car plant if not a truck plant. They're losing market share, and they have too much capacity.
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It's obscene. It's offensive. But, it's unethical business practices, and the problem is that it reflects poorly on the whole industry.