Jed Connelly
Jed Connelly
design good mini power profitable
Mini showed what the power of good design can do, and how profitable it can be.
fuel good prices timing
The timing is good because, while fuel prices have stabilized, it's still on people's minds.
august days due few good hurricane last lost momentum
August was very good for us, but we lost some momentum in the last few days due to Hurricane Katrina.
cleanest good logical looked seemed transition
It just seemed like a really good transition time. It seemed like the best, most logical thing to do, and it looked like the cleanest thing for the company.
good seemed transition
It just seemed like a really good transition time.
served
I think it's well served to be cautious.
hopeful key minimize
I'm still hopeful we'll keep a lot of the key people. I don't minimize the impact. I know it's going to be difficult.
general manager
Like the general manager of any championship team, I'd like to keep everyone together,
bottom bring corporate flow lower products research savings
It does lower our costs. And all of those savings flow back to the corporate bottom line. It allows us to bring out more new products and do more research and development.
declines
Those were the big declines (of the month).
confident equation
We're pretty confident that we have the right equation with this vehicle.
company focus progress satisfied within
We're not where we should be, but I'm satisfied with the progress we've made, and I'm really, really satisfied with the focus within the company on quality.
bigger piece
Frankly, we want a bigger piece of this market.
duty expect including last market move percent share year
Last year we did 6.3 percent (market share), and that wasn't including subcompacts and heavy-duty trucks. As we move into these segments, you'd expect market share to grow.