Brett Hoselton Quotations

What you're finding in the automotive business is the products you design today affect your profitability three to four years down the road. What we are seeing today is some pretty good changes at General Motors, but nothing like that at Ford, and I think Ford is really going to be in dire straits in five to 10 years from now.

Have they made significant improvements? The results suggest that we're not seeing any sort of a dramatic turnaround in the organization.

The primary question is, are you going to be able to produce cars and trucks that are compelling enough to sustain or even gain market share. Health care and pension costs are important issues but the primary issue is always what does your top line look like.

That's a very costly program. You're paying people not to work.

The (United Auto Workers) suggests that everyone needs to share the pain, including shareholders.

We continue to believe that a significant internal or external change could be a positive catalyst, including an acquisition or divestiture or a management change. We are maintaining our Buy (2) rating and $10 price target, and would caution investors that this is a speculative call.

We continue to believe that a bankruptcy filing is a low probability outcome and that the company will successfully negotiate a new bank agreement.

They have become a one-trick pony with the commercial vehicle sales. The problem is, that pony is going on a hiatus next year.

The concern I would have is that General Motors may have given away their bargaining chip without necessarily getting the concessions (from the UAW) they need at this point.

We just don't see them having the ability to turn things around.