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REMant 01/12/2010 07:25 PM Report
He has things backwards, I believe. They are fine in Europe by and large, but all the "growth" here is the bubble being created by ppl shorting the dollar thanks to the Fed's utter stupidity, if not outright cupidity. I think, too, his attitude about appreciation of local cultures, etc, ignores the likelihood that parochialism is as much a likely outcome of these times, as conformity. He is also behind the curve in thinking of cars as impulsive or discretionary purchases, as he should have realized, at least after he got to talking about the problems of the financial problems the car cos face nowadays. On the whole he came across like a Marketing 101 prof. Nissan and Renault do share the same history of the lack of common sense, which is why they have not sold as well as say Toyota and VW, so he has a long way to go to bring engineering and marketing into balance. Fiat and Chrysler are the same and I think they'd both be wise to rename themselves at this point and bring out an integrated line.