J. Weevaluatedthepercentageofincreaseordecline in sales for eachbrand in theU. S.marketsince 2003, then added up thefluctuationto seewhichbrands had the steepestdownwardtrends.
Stephen Baker, an analyst at research firm NPD, said Google is "certainly out in front of a number oftrends that will be impacting themarket, " but the Chromebook Pixel's price tag was "a big jump" from the earlier generation of Chromebooks and the Chrome operating system doesn't appear ready to compete head-on with Apple laptops or those powered by Windows 8.
In these calls lately, Browning has been consistent in his characterization ofthe U.S. auto market as one that remains somewhat dicey even though trends look pretty good at the moment.