27 Quotes by Gary Dilts

We strengthened our leadership position in key segments such as minivans and large cars with our sales in January. Our car business is up 20 percent, and our LX products are up 62 percent. The Dodge Caliber begins production today and gives us a strong entry into the small car segment with an attractive price starting at $13,985. We are now a full-time car player.

We're looking for September to be a very big clearance month as we end our employee pricing on Oct. 3.

We're in the middle of the pack here in terms of consumer incentive spending. We're all pretty close together.

Half a point of market share is tough to get and easy to lose.

Our car business is up 20 percent, and our LX products are up 62 percent. The Dodge Caliber begins production (Wednesday) and gives us a strong entry into the small car segment with an attractive price starting at $13,985. We are now a full-time car player.

Our 5 percent total year increase was led by the exciting new products we launched in 2004 and 2005. We plan to continue that momentum into 2006 with strong, new, fuel-efficient product offerings beginning with the Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass.

Our newest and best products carried the day for us in February. The LX platform posted sales of 30,241 units this month, our best ever. Overall, our car business is up 19 percent, and we have the all-new Dodge Caliber arriving at dealerships this month and attracting a new group of customers to our showrooms.

That's very good business for us. That's not a business we have been in.

While we would have liked to start off the year at a higher level, we are in an intensely competitive market and have developed a strategy for all three brands to regain their momentum quickly,