Mark Fields
Mark Fields
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We started introducing clear pricing two years ago. The success of Mustang and Fusion proves that it works. We will bring sticker prices more in line with actual transaction prices and cap 'cash on the hood' rebates as we introduce new cars and trucks into the marketplace. It will protect our margins and consumers, too, through higher resale values.
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To achieve the right capacity at this level, we are closing 14 facilities by 2012, including seven vehicle-assembly plants.
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one of our most experienced, capable and proven leaders.
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Dave has demonstrated very broad, capable leadership throughout his career, ... He is highly respected in the industry and in Ford. I expect him to continue driving our transformation in flexible manufacturing.
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The hard but simple reality is that Ford has the costs, capacity and staffing of a company that is much larger than our sales and market share can support -- even under the best of conditions.
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I think to one degree or another we have been arrogant in the past.
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Joe not only stopped a continuing market share decline in one of our key North American markets, he reversed course and increased sales in the very competitive Canadian environment.
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We can't continue on the same path of incentives our competitors have introduced.
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We were making significant progress to realize the goals set some 20 years ago for an arts center that promoted the region's cultural groups and served a diverse community.
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We will build on our strengths, including increasing our product investment to fortify our F-Series truck leadership.
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Who's most likely to buy our products, who's least likely to buy them and who's up for grabs. This has given us a much deeper insight than we've ever had before using traditional demographic or vehicle segment-based models. One of the most important findings from this research is that there remains a huge market for American cars in this country. And the potential is significantly larger than the roughly 55 percent market share than GM, Ford and Chrysler together command today.
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We are not going to put a date on when Jaguar will return to profitability.
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We are reducing the number of plants, not necessarily production capacity, thanks to our investment in flexible manufacturing.
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We remain very committed to the low-cost facility.