Jim Press
Jim Press
James E. Press is the former Deputy CEO of Chrysler Group LLC serving in that capacity from June to December 2009. He also served as Senior Advisor to Chrysler Financial Company. During this assignment, he assisted Sergio Marchionne in the transition to Fiat. Press was heavily involved in maintaining company operations and product development during the bankruptcy period...
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A lot of that's software. I think at some point you'll even have a button you can pick, mileage versus performance, because you're managing the system. And the other part of that is, it really depends on driving habits.
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It has a chassis platform with 30 percent higher tensile strength steel. It's the biggest and boldest truck and allows us to compete in the full-size segment of big trucks.
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It isn't that people aren't buying SUVs -- they've shifted their segment preference into mid-size and small SUVs, and now into hybrid SUVs.
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I think December is going to be a great month, ... There is a lot of inventory coming, new products. We will have a December to remember and forget October.
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Our hybrid SUVs allow customers to have their SUVs and be responsible at the same time, and we've seen (demand) really accelerate since Katrina,
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Over the next year, we will be announcing a few more expansions to add capacity.
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Our prospects in 2006, we think they're pretty good. We're looking for a sales increase in the 5 to 10 percent range ourselves.
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Our first group of team members is already in Japan. They're starting to train and to develop the skills necessary to start putting trucks together.
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I think innovation will be key to determining success of new products. It will no longer be good enough to just have new products.
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We and Toyota dealers have proven that we give customers good value and service. Republic has made claims that it will revolutionize the car business. All we've seen them do is gobble up dealerships.
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We're partnered with many local San Antonio firms, so there are joint efforts to give a boost to the local economy.
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To us, it's not a passing phase but a vital technology for the 21st century.
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Toyota's orientation from the very beginning was anybody could go hire a mechanic and hire an engineer and hire this and buy that. Toyota's view was that before they could build a car, they needed to perfect new revolutionary processes to build a mold, to build an engine, to go back to that level. And that's what makes the company different.
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Toyota's name is not for sale. Dealers can sell property, but Republic can't just buy Toyota's good name.