A lot could happen between now and the end of the month. But at this point, we're on track for an October like we haven't seen sine the early 1990s.

The onslaught is more a competitive response to the success Scion has had attracting buyers than it is a response to fuel prices.

We had a pretty turbulent 2005, yet sales still hovered around 17 million. Regardless of the exterior shock to the market, it seems to weather everything. We don't see any pullback (in sales), but we don't see any gains.

What we're announcing is that Rational Functional Tester is now supporting executions in that shell.

Moving forward, most growth in the SUV segment will come from car-based vehicles.

What we're doing is continuing to invest in our automated software quality solutions.

The new models should provide a slight increase in sales for 18 to 24 months, but after that they should level out again.

Competitive pressure means carmakers are compelled to add features, lower prices, and push technology. Consumers get the benefit.

We don't see that happening right now. This is an opportunity for GM to unveil some not-so-pleasant news and get it over with, but in the next few years we see sales being relatively strong.