Martin Winterkorn Quotes

The integrated automotive group of Volkswagen and Porsche is a certainty.

The United States will remain one of the most important markets for VW.

The two inventions of the century, the car and the computer, are gradually coming closer together.

The automotive year 2013 was, especially for European car makers, extremely challenging.

I would like to thank Wolfgang Schreiber for his successful work with Bentley and Bugatti and the consistent further development of the two brands.

VW's future is increasingly being decided in China, Russia, India, the Americas and Southeast Asia. This is where we will generate most of our growth in future.

It is important to exhaust the potential of existing markets. But it is equally important to open up new markets.

The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles.

Audi has fewer problems with electronics than any other company.

Volkswagen must continue to attack and make good use of its opportunities.

The hybrid engine costs a lot of money, and customers are hardly willing to spend so much more for a car.

Regardless of whether we are in an upturn or a downturn, our goal is to ensure the Volkswagen Group reaches the top of the automotive industry.

India is and will remain an important strategic growth market for the Volkswagen Group. We are convinced that VW will take on a key role in the Indian automobile market in the long-term.

When a customer sits inside the car, then they have to have the feeling that it's an Audi - whether it's the leatherwork or the bodywork. All these things must be typically Audi.

There are always opportunities one cannot pass up.

MoMA is one of the world's most admired cultural institutions.

The Volkswagen Group has proved that it can remain firmly on track even when the terrain is slippery.

The U.S. market has the highest priority for Volkswagen.

I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.'

The Volkswagen Group offers the world's largest low-CO2 fleet.

VW grows with the challenges. We continue to do, even when times are tough.

2008 was a good - a very successful year for Volkswagen.

Americans are as they are. We have to accept this. Lots of Europeans forget that.

I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.

Growth in the Chinese automobile market has exceeded everyone's expectations.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.

Combining their operating business will make Volkswagen and Porsche even stronger - both financially and strategically - going forward.

If you want to be promoted into the first league of carmakers, then you can't just follow suit.