David Cole
David Cole
auto educated future industry jobs workers younger
The auto industry of the future will be a younger and more educated workforce. High-paying jobs for educated workers are not going away.
interests
It's in everybody's interests that Delphi makes it.
bankruptcy clear
It's clear that the Delphi bankruptcy really precipitated a sense of urgency,
board feeling needed pushed rick running upset
It needed to be said because the speculation was just running rampant. The board was upset that there was a feeling that Rick was being pushed out.
additional gives
They've really outgrown their Georgetown facility. This gives them a little additional capacity.
alignment capacity create sales
They've got to create alignment between capacity and sales volume.
benefit certainly chance competitor cuts enter factory field hot incentives lose maybe move price stay volume
There's the thought that if this is going to be so hot, why not price it higher? But if you do, maybe you lose volume and it doesn't stay hot as long, or you have to move to incentives and price cuts sooner, or you give a competitor a chance to enter the field sooner. The dealers certainly are making money. But the factory doesn't benefit from that.
add average cost costs dollars easier killer less number players structure trying
The new players have a cost structure that is on the average of about 2,500 dollars less a vehicle. That's a killer number when you're trying to get competitive. It's a lot easier to add costs than to take out costs.
center community run tool
A community center is only in the long run a tool for being the center of the community.
cool extension music product
It's just an extension of the brand. And branding your product with music makes it look cool to the gamer.
game outcome
It's a big high-stakes craps game we're in and the outcome is very much unknown.
huge obviously target
It's obviously going to be a huge target in the forthcoming negotiations.
becoming cusp growth mainstream strong
It's on the cusp of strong growth and becoming a mainstream part of gaming.
period
It's kind of like the bluffing period is over, and the doing period has started.