I also believe him. This is pretty consistent with the organization. Mr. Horn has the accountability of the CEO without the authority. Germany maintains tight control over all important decision making and information. I’ve seen product research get locked in a senior execs. desk and not shared with anyone in the US…

That is a perfect explanation. The same way my wife explains high-heels. They’re terrible shoes in almost every way but they’re pretty. Harley-Davidson: We’ll make you pretty . . . in a tough kind of way . . .

I worked at an ad agency on a major Auto account. We developed the website for the brand and set up an infrastructure that would give shoppers real inventory data and pictures to go along with it. We were going to provide dealers with cameras, photo guidelines (what angles to shoot), basically everything we could do…