Observations by Dennis DesRosiers

 

Observations 2011

1. Hope and Change
   
2. Why are we still talking about Crossovers?
   
3. Platform Ages: Five Questions
   
4. Product Lifecycles - "All New" Models 2000 to 2011
   
5. "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful" and Other Lessons Read Between the Numbers
   
6. Residual Values of Vehicles in the Used Vehicle Marketplace
   
7. Fuel Folly: How and Why the 2016 Vehicle Efficiency Standards are Likely to Fail
   

Observations 2010

1. The 2010 North American International Auto Show
   
2. The Luxury Vehicle Market in Canada
   
3. The Law of Unintended Consequences
   
4. Diving Deep on Detroit's Deep Dive - Part I
   
5. Diving Deep on Detroit's Deep Dive - Part II
   
6. In Defence of the Automobile
   
7. What's Behind this Auto Sector Crisis?
   
8. Will Canada Shift to European Values?
   
9. Regulatory Over-Burden
   
10. The Problem with Plug-Ins
    
11. A Window of Opportunity
    
12. Twenty-Five Years of Vehicle Longevity

Observations 2009

1. The Luxury Vehicle Market in Canada
   
2. Segment Fragmentation and Niche Proliferation
   
3. The Nightmare Scenario
   
4. D-Day Plus One
   
5. The How vs. The Why
   
6. New Vehicle Fianance Trends
   
7. Uncharted Waters
   
8. The Unified Theory of Everything
   
9. The Used Vehicle Sector: A New Paradigm
10. Supplier Survival
    
11. Free Agents
    
12. The Quest for Differentiation