Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The many maladies of Mercedes | Synopsis

The many maladies of Mercedes

Excerpt:

Everyone from industry gurus to mere bystanders are following month-by-month sales unit-by-unit -- even without tracking polls. Consider this recent sampling of automotive headlines: "Mercedes U.S. Sales Rise 7% to expand lead over BMW" "Mercedes Dangles $5,000 VIP Discounts to Hold U.S. Lead over BMW." Neither of the German automakers is reluctant to use Election Day tactics to nudge the final results their way. Last year, both Mercedes and BMW delayed releasing their 2011 sales numbers for 24 hours in the hope of gaining the upper hand. BMW took the title by a narrow 2,700 vehicles after sweetening customer incentives by $200 in December.

People:

Mercedes

Overall Sentiment: 0.0862321

Relevance: 0.903138

SentimentQuote
0.15538Mercedes likes to think of itself as the auto industry's leader, hence its advertising tag line "The best or nothing."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.15538
  • Mean: 0.15538
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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Jessica Caldwell

Overall Sentiment: -0.0151629

Relevance: 0.173047

SentimentQuote
0.0154822Caldwell: "That is quite an imbalance in BMW's favor."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0154822
  • Mean: 0.0154822
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Dieter Zetsche

Overall Sentiment: 0.205283

Relevance: 0.171417

Arndt Ellinghorst

Overall Sentiment: 0.0800737

Relevance: 0.122763

Audi

Overall Sentiment: -0.433215

Relevance: 0.121616

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Company: BMW

Overall Sentiment: -0.0241955

Relevance: 0.537165

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