Jed Connelly Quotations

Versa rounds out our strong car portfolio, which is going to see a lot of new activity in the coming model year,

We're absolutely committed to being a player in the full-size truck market,

Last year we did 6.3 percent (market share), and that wasn't including subcompacts and heavy-duty trucks. As we move into these segments, you'd expect market share to grow.

Mini showed what the power of good design can do, and how profitable it can be.

Frankly, we want a bigger piece of this market.

We're pretty confident that we have the right equation with this vehicle.

We're not where we should be, but I'm satisfied with the progress we've made, and I'm really, really satisfied with the focus within the company on quality.

I think it's well served to be cautious.

Like the general manager of any championship team, I'd like to keep everyone together,

It does lower our costs. And all of those savings flow back to the corporate bottom line. It allows us to bring out more new products and do more research and development.

I'm still hopeful we'll keep a lot of the key people. I don't minimize the impact. I know it's going to be difficult.

Those were the big declines (of the month).

The timing is good because, while fuel prices have stabilized, it's still on people's minds.

Dealers in the Gulf region were out of business for most of the month of September. Basically the entire state of Texas was impacted.

August was very good for us, but we lost some momentum in the last few days due to Hurricane Katrina.

It just seemed like a really good transition time. It seemed like the best, most logical thing to do, and it looked like the cleanest thing for the company.

It just seemed like a really good transition time.

I'm not saying we won't have hiccups within Nissan (as a result of the move), but we hope those hiccups won't be visible in our production or to our customers.

Interest rates are something that people think about a lot.