Subject: frenetic

From: "Lacy Rebecca" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:35:27 +0200

First off, the two guys never hit it off, having differing views on how to best run VW Group.
No, you still wouldn't get me to part with my hard-earned for a Liana, but the company is obviously doing something right. It certainly wasn't for the faint hearted.
I guess market development is filtering out from the current hotspots to places next in line further inland.
You could forget press packs in English and most of the cars on display had locked doors; the usual complimentary refreshments were absent also. It was a portent of what was to come. Weather perfect for a late afternoon stroll to Tiananmen Square, I think.
I will do my best to report from there - wifi in the hotel permitting - so keep an eye on the blog this week. We live in the age of the mobile office.
The size of the order means a big discount may be negotiable. The size of the order means a big discount may be negotiable. GM is apparently upsetting the applecart a little with big fleet discounts on vans this year, but the impression given is not of a market segment riven with great competition.
He'd make a good politician. One observation on yesterday's packed conference programme: keep it simple, speakers. Good on two-wheelers and then there's the 'Swift' and a few jeeps for hairdressers. Mike Dunne was good too and I did get the chance to have a chat with him. Better get a move on.
The lad done good, as we say, with that Power buyout. I will do my best to report from there - wifi in the hotel permitting - so keep an eye on the blog this week.
I thought their scenarios approach deserved a decent hearing and I have knocked up a short news item about it. At what point does all this economic liberalisation and alongside that, the ability of an increasingly motorised population to travel independently, lead to growing pressures for political reforms?
When there are, say, fifty, the ringleader swings into action and approaches a dealer with an order for fifty Hyundai Accents.
Automotive News China Conference kicks off tomorrow.
GM is apparently upsetting the applecart a little with big fleet discounts on vans this year, but the impression given is not of a market segment riven with great competition.
The size of the order means a big discount may be negotiable.