Mark Fields
Mark Fields
customer depend fuel happens prices segment
How big the segment will be, that's going to depend on what happens with fuel prices and customer preferences.
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It sets up everything in the business. If you don't understand who you are, you can't expect your customers to understand you.
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Our approach is not thinking how much do we shave dealer margins. Our approach is that as we come up with our products going forward that they have a strong point of view in the marketplace, that they represent good value and good quality to customers so that dealers can earn a good (margin) on them.
build customer efficient products question rather reflect
There's no question that some of our new products reflect what was efficient for us to build rather than what the customer may want.
diesel engines future hybrid
A diesel hybrid is, we think, one of the engines of the future.
dealer footprint looking size sure
As we go forward, we will make intelligent decisions, looking at our dealer network, working with our dealer partners, to make sure that just as we are right-sizing our manufacturing footprint, we have the right size for our dealer footprint as well.
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Anne is an exceptionally focused and proven leader in this industry.
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If you look at the CUV right now, it's populated by a lot of vehicles, that, quite honest, are somewhat nondescript.
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I just hope that rationality returns to the marketplace because employee pricing sucked the life out of the auto industry for basically the rest of the year.
arrogant degree past
I think to one degree or another we have been arrogant in the past.
bad
It comes down to a lot of bad breaks,
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I am pleasantly surprised at the wealth of artistic talent that has had a connection to South Jersey, either historic or present day. But I am even more surprised that we continue to learn of more such artists and entertainers every year. Any region of any state would be proud to be associated with artists of such stature.
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is known for his marketing expertise, and his skills as a motivator, as he proved in leading the recovery of Mazda and as seen in the continuing progress in our Premier Automotive Group and Ford of Europe. His next challenge is to lead The Americas automotive operations back to a sustained level of profitability, while producing the best cars and trucks in the industry.
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Edge underscores the bold, American design direction for all Ford vehicles going forward. Edge also is packed with Ford innovation from its panoramic glass roof and laptop-friendly center console to fuel-saving engine and advanced safety features. We expect Edge to make waves in the hot crossover market this year just like the Fusion did for midsize cars last year.