Gary Dilts
Gary Dilts
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Our car business is up 20 percent, and our LX products are up 62 percent. The Dodge Caliber begins production (Wednesday) and gives us a strong entry into the small car segment with an attractive price starting at $13,985. We are now a full-time car player.
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We strengthened our leadership position in key segments such as minivans and large cars with our sales in January. Our car business is up 20 percent, and our LX products are up 62 percent. The Dodge Caliber begins production today and gives us a strong entry into the small car segment with an attractive price starting at $13,985. We are now a full-time car player.
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Our 5 percent total year increase was led by the exciting new products we launched in 2004 and 2005. We plan to continue that momentum into 2006 with strong, new, fuel-efficient product offerings beginning with the Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass.
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While we would have liked to start off the year at a higher level, we are in an intensely competitive market and have developed a strategy for all three brands to regain their momentum quickly,
business good
That's very good business for us. That's not a business we have been in.
gas guys influenced issues stops town
We and the other two guys in town are more influenced by gas issues than are the imports. We don't think that stops the business. We think it may have slowed it down.
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With combat in Iraq reaching its conclusion and consumer confidence on the rise, we believe consumers will take advantage of the unprecedented values in the market,
bit create worked
We used Iacocca to create a bit of a stir. It worked out nicely.
bad business fleet gets good
While fleet business sometimes gets a bad name, there is very good fleet business,
market
The question, ... is when the market is going to come back.
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With the three products of the LX platform selling at a record pace and the arrival of the Dodge Caliber, Chrysler Group is back in the car business in a big way.
clearance employee looking month pricing september
We're looking for September to be a very big clearance month as we end our employee pricing on Oct. 3.
close consumer incentive middle pack terms
We're in the middle of the pack here in terms of consumer incentive spending. We're all pretty close together.
easy half market point share tough
Half a point of market share is tough to get and easy to lose.