The new models should provide a slight increase in sales for 18 to 24 months, but after that they should level out again.
Competitive pressure means carmakers are compelled to add features, lower prices, and push technology. Consumers get the benefit.
It has less of a purely American style.
As we enter into the summer months, any benefit on that side is going to be well received.
Moving forward, most growth in the SUV segment will come from car-based vehicles.
Paying attention to the changing lifestyles of the consumer is very important. When you have so much competition differentiating your product over others with a little tiny thing that suits (the consumer's) lifestyle may be enough to sway them.
We had a pretty turbulent 2005, yet sales still hovered around 17 million. Regardless of the exterior shock to the market, it seems to weather everything. We don't see any pullback (in sales), but we don't see any gains.
Volker Kruger's extensive automotive background adds another valuable asset to our European team. We see tremendous opportunities to better serve clients in Germany and in surrounding areas with the addition of Mr. Kruger.
What we're doing is continuing to invest in our automated software quality solutions.
What we're announcing is that Rational Functional Tester is now supporting executions in that shell.
