Sergio Marchionne Quotes

There is a lot of development to be done at Toyota. It will be tough in the beginning, but the chances are very good, so that is why I decided on this team in the first place.

As a part of the Renault family, I want to develop the car and write new success stories.

For me, the '60s in the automotive industry was awesome. The cars are heavy, huge, rolling works of art.

Our dream is to see Geely vehicles driven all over the world.

The automobile engine will come, and then I will consider my life's work complete.

In every phase of the automotive industry, certain factors have been more important than all others in relation to the way the automobile has looked. Phase One is really the Ford story. Function and production were the most important considerations. The automobile was an invention, and it looked like one.

Any car designer always dreams about designing their own car - if they say they don't, they're lying... For me, it was never about starting my own company just to make another car.

Car technology needs to advance, and the best place for that to happen in is Silicon Valley.

The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.

I would say that if there is one thing we could have done better in the last 10 years under my watch, is when we launched what we called 'the new car.' It is now called the Gen-5. We just didn't get the collaboration we needed to get from the industry, the owners, the drivers, the engineers and car manufacturers.

Sometimes people are looking for, 'What's the next Tesla car? What's this really cool, super-specific thing that people are going to want?' But I try to be just like a Ford truck. They sell a lot more Ford trucks than they do Tesla cars.

Writers now are putting total faith in designers at Apple and Amazon. It's almost like a race-car driver having no input into how cars are designed.

I enjoy trying to develop a car and Mercedes are one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world.

I think cars encapsulate the history of innovation and style - it's the other side of the coin of the car being public enemy No.1.

I've always been into cars. Cars are part of our genetic makeup. It's unavoidable.

When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

As the son of a racing car designer and mechanical engineer, I was exposed to motorsports from day one.

The automotive corporations, including Ford, I think are in the business of trying to make cars that people will drive.

As a car lover, I ask myself, 'What am I going to be buying in the future? Will it be a boring, underpowered, dorky car because the government tells me I shouldn't pollute? Or do I come up with a cool-looking, sexy dream car that is also part of the future?'

It devolves upon the United States to help to motorize the world.

I am at the top of Toyota and drive cars myself. I was also born with this name.

Ultimately, auto designers need to overcome market challenges with innovative design solutions. The automotive industry is at a turning point with environmental and economic conditions on one side and breakthrough technology on the other, so it will be fascinating to see how these design leaders envision the future.

Chrysler builds great cars.

I love technology - yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I'm all for new technology.

The hundreds of thousands of men and women at Toyota operations worldwide - including the 172,000 team members and dealers in North America - are among the best in the auto industry.