All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need in the future, so that we can be aggressive in the marketplace.

Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system.

Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street.

History shows you don't know what the future brings.

A lot of other things come along with Chapter 11, which basically end up in a lot of pain.

All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need in the future, so that we can be aggressive in the marketplace.

Go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm... and when challenges arrive, simply do not give up.