Word: maxton
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...announce some surprising financial details: losses were cut to $424 million in the last fiscal year, and management expects to halve them this year en route to breaking even in 2002. Finally, some grudging respect is coming Phoenix's way. "I'll give them their due," says Graeme Maxton, of the automotive industry consultants Autopolis. "I didn't think they'd last this long." Rover executives insist their five-year turnaround plan is working, and cite sales figures as evidence: the company moved 205,000 cars last year, exceeding its goal by 5,000. And while sales are projected...
...having little to do with the U.S. situation. Take the auto industry - please! Even if DaimlerChrysler didn't have to worry about its U.S. business, it would have to cope with what industry strategist Autopolis expects will be a 7% decline in European vehicle sales this year. Autopolis' Graeme Maxton explains that the global slowdown just happens to have coincided with a weak point in the auto cycle. After record sales for the past few years, consumers don't have to replace their shiny new cars for a while...