Last year we produced 98 and this will increase to 24 000 this year.

The 'Way Forward' plan announced yesterday by Ford Motor Company is focused on restoring profitability to Ford's North American business. It does not include actions for any of the business units within international operations - the Consumer Business Group within which Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) operates.

Presently there are no plans to retrench any employees [in South Africa].

This has been the best 24 hours of my career, no doubt.

Bluntly, there are still too many areas of substantial difference. It will be a long 24 hours.

This is not a matter of: When the gates open -- let's say, April 24, 2006 -- consumers will have this thing and that thing and sit there and be puzzled. It's a question of which one is there first and how compelling a proposition it is.