Steve Lyons
Steve Lyons
affected demand gas question rising utility vehicles
There is no question that the demand for traditional sport utility vehicles has been affected by rising gas prices.
beating car ford hottest performance street
Ford Mustang is the hottest car in the industry, and its performance on the street and in the showrooms is beating everyone's expectations.
business danger healthy run
I think it's a big danger for the industry. I don't think it's a healthy way to run the business long-term.
following pay performance september start strong
As expected, we experienced pay back in September following a strong performance to start the quarter.
feeling gm
I think GM was just feeling the pressure.
coast population sitting
Everyone flocked to the coast and built. Now the hurricanes have come back, so to speak, and the population is sitting there.
along built coast coming haunt
How we have built along the coast is coming back to haunt us now.
combine increase looking restaurant sales taxable
If you combine lodging and restaurant taxable sales, I think we were up a little again. We're looking at about a 2.65 increase in taxable sales, statewide.
consumer exceeded response
Consumer response to our new mid-size sedans has exceeded our expectations.
drive impact larger last major minute people since until wait weather
A lot of the time, people will wait until the last minute to make their plans. Since we're a major drive destination, I think the weather can have a little larger impact on us.
affected demand gas question rising utility vehicles
There's no question that demand for traditional sport utility vehicles has been affected by rising gas prices,
build car confident consumer exceeded response sales success
Consumer response to our new mid-size sedans has exceeded our expectations. We're confident we can build on our car sales success in 2006.
close following note optimistic performance positive september start strong year
As expected, we experienced payback in September following a strong performance to start the quarter. We're optimistic we can close the year on a positive note with the introduction of our new mid-size cars.
auto categories continue market sales
CUV sales will continue to outpace all other categories in the U.S. auto market between now and the end of the decade.