Jim Cain
Jim Cain
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The full package of all these changes will improve our business and dealers' business too by creating a better value for the consumer. Last year, when we adjusted margin on the F-series, we actually saw dealer grosses improve slightly.
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Our inventory is actually less than one per dealer.
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These are the kinds of programs that really can't and shouldn't last forever.
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There's equity in that name and we want to use it.
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I don't care if you're riding with angels -- if you roll at 50 miles an hour, you're going to have problems.
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There's a documented need for low-cost subsidized housing for families in Iowa City. The hardship is greater on those families than it would be on a single individual. A family headed by a minimum-wage earner will pay 40 to 50 percent of their income on housing versus someone who has a full scholarship that pays for most of their needs.
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Hybrid customers tend to be a little better educated and more affluent, and that's a good fit with the Washington market.
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It's our intention to continue on 2005s. It's our intention to move away from '06s.
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I think people have the impression that West Des Moines is an affluent community. But there are parts of West Des Moines that have median income levels similar to lower-income neighborhoods in Des Moines and they need help.
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This vehicle is bold looking, it's a blast to drive and we're not going to go to market with only five bullets in our six-gun. We are looking to make our vehicles a better value for customers, improve residual values and break out of the old business-as-usual mind-set.
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We had always intended to do just two model years of the GT.
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To us, the Ford versus Chevy race is a remnant of the old Big Three mind-set. We're managing our business to emerge a winner in the Big Six shootout, and it means looking farther east than Jefferson Avenue to measure ourselves.
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We've basically accomplished a sell-down of 2005 models.
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We're just starting to flex our muscles in the hybrid market.