Gary Dilts Quotations

We strengthened our leadership position in key segments such as minivans and large cars with our sales in January. Our car business is up 20 percent, and our LX products are up 62 percent. The Dodge Caliber begins production today and gives us a strong entry into the small car segment with an attractive price starting at $13,985. We are now a full-time car player.

We're looking for September to be a very big clearance month as we end our employee pricing on Oct. 3.

We're in the middle of the pack here in terms of consumer incentive spending. We're all pretty close together.

Half a point of market share is tough to get and easy to lose.

Our car business is up 20 percent, and our LX products are up 62 percent. The Dodge Caliber begins production (Wednesday) and gives us a strong entry into the small car segment with an attractive price starting at $13,985. We are now a full-time car player.

Our 5 percent total year increase was led by the exciting new products we launched in 2004 and 2005. We plan to continue that momentum into 2006 with strong, new, fuel-efficient product offerings beginning with the Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass.

Our newest and best products carried the day for us in February. The LX platform posted sales of 30,241 units this month, our best ever. Overall, our car business is up 19 percent, and we have the all-new Dodge Caliber arriving at dealerships this month and attracting a new group of customers to our showrooms.

That's very good business for us. That's not a business we have been in.

While we would have liked to start off the year at a higher level, we are in an intensely competitive market and have developed a strategy for all three brands to regain their momentum quickly,

With the three products of the LX platform selling at a record pace and the arrival of the Dodge Caliber, Chrysler Group is back in the car business in a big way.

The question, ... is when the market is going to come back.

We used Iacocca to create a bit of a stir. It worked out nicely.

While fleet business sometimes gets a bad name, there is very good fleet business,

We and the other two guys in town are more influenced by gas issues than are the imports. We don't think that stops the business. We think it may have slowed it down.

With combat in Iraq reaching its conclusion and consumer confidence on the rise, we believe consumers will take advantage of the unprecedented values in the market,

We've got a consumer out there where the confidence levels have been slipping and they're concerned about the monthly budget.

We finished the first quarter with strong momentum, led by the Dodge Caliber, which is getting great reception from dealers and customers. Most economic indicators are showing a strengthening of the economy and consumers are displaying a desire to purchase new cars and trucks. We are in the right position as we continue our launch of ten all-new products this year.

We did and still see fuel economy as being important, which is why we're putting out a large number of vehicles with fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines next year.

The steady, constant pace of product launches we have brought to market has enabled us to reach two years of consistent monthly and consecutive quarterly results. We plan to keep launching new, head-turning products in every category and at the same pace that will connect with customers and bring them into our showrooms.

Our significant growth in the small car segment, combined with the availability of HEMI engines with MDS on larger products, gives us confidence in the marketplace going forward for the remainder of the year.

Despite the triple threat of rising fuel costs, devastating weather events and an uncertain economy, Chrysler Group delivered consistent monthly and quarterly results with a robust mix of four-, six-, and eight-cylinder products.

This is a big fleet month, and that lifted us.

They are spending more money than anybody else in the industry right now on a net price basis.

They're not as big and they get pretty good fuel economy.

Certified used vehicles represent the fastest-growing niche within the used vehicle industry. We simply cannot afford not to be in the game. Chrysler Group's CPO vehicles drive showroom traffic and add to the value of the franchise.

I don't think anyone around here is declaring victory. We know there's a ton of competition, particularly in the truck and S.U.V. segments, we have to deal with.

These innovative programs lay the groundwork in the marketplace for the Chrysler Group's upcoming product office.