44 Quotes by George Pipas

The person who buys a Focus is more likely to stay with us to move into a mid-size car or SUV or pickup trucks,

Whenever production and demand are out of balance, you have incentives. Toyota and Honda have the advantage of a more clean-sheet approach, so they have capacity more in balance with demand.

With these levels of inventories, we probably need to replenish inventories to a level that will support a - for lack of a better term - 'normal' level of sales,

We've never been in a better position to handle this external environment than we are now.

Next-generation mid-size cars are an area where boomers will be looking very closely,

Right now I wish I had more cars in inventory. I think we'll have a big April.

but the sales pace may outstrip our production for the foreseeable future.

There is a lag factor. A year ago, even six months ago, we were sitting here wondering when consumers would sense that interest rates were going up. I don't think this significantly affects the first quarter.

We're optimistic that we'll see more good news in these areas in coming months.