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...inside GM as a "Taurus killer." But inasmuch as four-door cars make up 75% of U.S. auto sales, analysts wonder why GM first came out with two-door models, then allowed production of the larger versions to languish during a slowdown in GM's capital spending. Says analyst Maryann Keller: "The person who made that decision had absolutely no comprehension of the car market...
...Ford's chief nemesis will be GM. With 1987 sales of $102 billion, GM remains 41% larger than Ford. Auto experts say GM could rebound sharply with its planned line of stylish front-wheel-drive cars called the GM- 10 series. "General Motors is waking up," says Auto Analyst Maryann Keller of Furman Selz Mager Dietz & Birney. "Ford is going to face tough competition in the 1990s...
...MaryAnn Oeigoetz reduced the Maryland deficit to 7-4 with 17:22 left to play. Dermody then kept the Crimson in the game, thwarting three penalty shots, in a three-minute span...
Anxiety was especially high in Detroit, where automakers feared the crash could deal a new blow to car sales, which are already slumping. Maryann Keller, a prominent auto analyst with Furman Selz Mager Dietz & Birney, a Manhattan-based investment firm, predicted that U.S. sales of cars and trucks would fall about 15% next year, to 9.5 million vehicles. One reason for her gloomy forecast, she said, was that the loss of wealth caused by the stock- market decline would have a "significant effect on consumer confidence and the ability to spend...
...manufacturers were ill-equipped to deal with the onslaught of eager foreign competitors. But now many U.S. companies have boosted their competitiveness by slimming down their costs and speeding up their reaction times. Among Detroit automakers, for instance, the "arrogance is diminishing. There is a sense of vulnerability," observes Maryann Keller, an auto-industry analyst...