Twenty-five new models are to be produced on three platforms between now and 2004.
Instead, it pulled the wraps off a total of five new models, a high-powered debut that rivaled even mainstream makers like Ford, Renault and Mercedes-Benz in the product count.
While this quintessential luxury brand faced a more challenging environment, Mercedes still managed to emerge from the recession with renewed momentum, launching five new models and building share of market, as it is looking to its 14th consecutive year of sales growth in 2011.
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He convinced the board of Lotus Cars owner Proton to back his ambitious plans, which also include the launching of five new road-car models.
Now it plans to introduce 45 new models over the next five years.
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"We were pushing people very hard, " designing more than ten new models per year, plus five or six concept cars, Nakamura recalls.
By the end of the year, Chrysler expects to have released all 11 new 2001 models, in addition to the five it has already released.
Brady Mimms, who began harvesting his cotton near Lubbock last week, is making plans to replace a decade-old tractor and a five-year-old cotton harvester with new models.
In 2003 its new Mississippi factory ran into trouble trying to launch an unprecedented five models in a single year.
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Ford plans to introduce 15 new models in China by 2015, and is building five new manufacturing facilities and bringing its Lincoln luxury brand there in 2014.
Over the past five years, Ford has brought out only 15 new models, in a market where its rivals are bringing out new model variations as frequently as possible.
Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) can't afford any mistakes as it challenges a work force that had never seen the inside of an auto factory to launch five models in less than a year at one new plant--an unprecedented schedule for any North American automaker.
Donors and impact investors, including bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies, provide the foundational capital for all five pathways, but their role depends on whether they are focused on scaling proven models or innovating new models.
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