| div cl | | | | pay an average of $15,000 per car. We don't see any |
| We've already stated our belief that that 2007 will see | | | | big profits from this market segment. |
| Americans buying several hundred thousand less cars | | | | Let's look at the dealerships, and sort out how the |
| than they will purchase in 2006. We are looking for 16.8 | | | | Japanese do against the Americans. A Chrysler dealer |
| million vehicle sales this year. Let's get into the | | | | last year on average sold about 225 cars. If you were |
| numbers, and see what the implications are. When you, | | | | a Ford dealer, you averaged almost 700 cars per |
| or I buy a car for our personal use, we pay on | | | | dealer. GM's Chevrolet dealerships came in under 650 |
| average about $25,000 per car. The car rental | | | | cars per dealer. Would you be surprised to learn that |
| companies in the United States purchase more cars | | | | Toyota sold more than 1600 cars per dealership last |
| than any other group. They buy American cars, and | | | | year? |