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" People are very focused on value and preservation of capital. They're a lot less risk-prone than they used to be. "

Sergio Marchionne

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" What is the point of one guy developing a 1.3 engine, and another guy a 1.4? What are you getting for this? And the answer is nothing: a total waste of capital. "

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" Chrysler's best assets were its Jeeps, minivans, and light trucks. Fiat's expertise was in small-car technology and fuel-efficient engines, the very thing that Chrysler lacked. "

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" It would be idiotic to position ourselves against Silicon Valley. "

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" Being small, cute is going to do nothing. "

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" Who my successor is will be up to the board, not me. "

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" Most car advertising assumes that people have IQs that are missing a digit. "

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" When we agreed to the changes in the emissions standards and the objectives for 2025 with President Obama, there was a very clear road map that was put in place that required a midterm review, which should have been completed by 2017 and '18. "

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" My job is not to make decisions but to set stretch objectives and help our managers work out how to reach them. "

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" I have been public on this, and I firmly, firmly believe that this notion of accountability for what you promise as a leader is as important as your integrity. "

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" I'm a fixer by nature. "

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" In the car business, sometimes you crash. "

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" Repatriating the Ram HD is the right thing to do... it should never have been moved to Mexico. This was owed to the U.S. government - and the taxpayers. "

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The Right Thing

" One of the things that unfortunately happens in organizations that become dysfunctional is that the very first thing to go is the amount of care and attention that you place on the workplace and the environment within which people work. "

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" Don't believe your own press, and don't give speeches. "

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" We have been very reluctant to make statements about where the industry is going to go. The Wrangler is going hybrid in 2020. We don't make much noise about that, but it will happen. "

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" It is only proper that our employees share in the savings generated by tax reform and that we openly acknowledge the resulting improvement in the U.S. business environment by investing in our industrial footprint accordingly. "

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" Auto companies need to quickly separate the stuff that will be swallowed by commodity from the brand stuff. "

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" The heart of Ferrari is winning in F1. I don't want to see our drivers in 7th and 12th place. "

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" When I was young and foolish, and I had no money, I bought myself the carcass of a Jaguar E-Type. It was a rust bucket. I spent all my university savings trying to fix the car. I never did, and I finally sold it to recover at least part of my investment. "

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" I am proud of my Italian heritage, and nothing I have said should be interpreted as an attempt at minimizing its value. "

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" Jeep represents a way of life. It's not just a car. "

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" The hardest job is getting personalities to mesh. "

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" I am never on holiday. "

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" I give people a huge amount of rope, and then I hold them accountable for the rope. "

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" I think we have been unnecessarily maligned with a desire or a wish or intent on our part to try to defraud anybody. We haven't. "

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" BlackBerrys are divine instruments. "

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" The biggest fear that I see is that we will be left behind. We are a very slow industry; for us to make a decision takes forever. Take Tesla: Elon moves at the speed of a rocket. "

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" I think the mind should deliver new and fresh designs all the time. "

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" People need to trust you: that you're going to pull them out and that they will follow you when you pull them out. If they don't get that comfort, they're going to drop you. This is true of organizations. It's true of countries. "

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