Mary Barra Quotes

If you have a car, you tune it up; you replace the parts. You try to keep it in good shape. This country has tires that are shot, a bunch of engine problems, and rather than saying, 'Okay, let's maybe put some new parts in here,' we just keep putting gas in and driving forward.

The general population isn't interested in the nitty-gritty of cars.

I studied to be a car mechanic. That was my plan B. Servicing cars and changing tyres in Finland.

My first car was, as depicted in 'Sleepwalk with Me,' my mother's '92 Volvo station wagon that had 80,000 miles on it, and I had put 40,000 miles on it, so by the time it retired it had 120,000, and I basically killed it. It served me well, and my mechanic was always very angry with me because I just didn't properly care for it.

Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.

The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content.

I need to develop a car and engineer a car in a position that feels comfortable for me, and I don't think anyone can do a better job than I can in that position. The problem for me is if I can't get the car there I do struggle more than some.

Older cars tend to drive like older cars. That is not for me.

Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.

I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual.

I think you have to feel comfortable with your car. You have to go into turn one, every lap, with confidence. You have to be sure of yourself and your equipment.

Audi has fewer problems with electronics than any other company.

The Delorean was an inferior automobile, and nearly impossible for a person of normal size like myself to enter and exit.

The HMI (human-machine interface) function inside a Ferrari is probably the weakest link in the chain of technical know-how that's embodied in the car.

My goal is for General Motors to lead in safe autonomous driving.

I like to have one car that I can be certain will go. The thing about classic cars is you can't always assume they will go.

I don't drive Yugo anymore, I drive Porsche.

I'm very into my cars. I always ready the Top Gear magazines just to see what cars are out next and what sort of performance they give. It can range from the smallest cars to the biggest ones.

The energy that's going into autonomous vehicles is very significant, and we expect to continue to invest there.

We've worked on hundreds of cars and there's always something different so it's hard to get bored of individual vehicles.

We want the ability of the drivers to be the focus, not who has the latest gizmo.

I love Dodge. I've had a good relationship with these guys.

I don't know one end of a car from another.

Consumers want safe and really efficient automobiles.

There are a lot of good cars, good teams and good drivers.