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" The suggestion that we were pursuing consolidation as a replacement for reaching our financial targets by 2018 is fundamentally a bunch of hogwash. "

Sergio Marchionne

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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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" I am never on holiday. "

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" I think hybrids are inevitable. The question is not the technology: it's a question of the cost and whether the consumer will pay. "

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" We have made the decision that we're going to take some key products, such as the Wrangler and the Grand Cherokee, and protect those as being true American icons: produce them in the U.S. and make them available nowhere else. "

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" One of the most horrible wastes of capital you see is the duplication of the effort by the car manufacturers to do things that appear to be different from the other guy. "

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

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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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" I like fast cars. I used to be a car buff before I went to Fiat. "

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" You only produce one car less than the demand for the vehicle. You just don't exceed that equation. "

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" There's nothing worse in life than to sit there and be the victim of a process that's outside your control. "

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" FCA is a culture of leaders and employees that were born out of adversity and who operate without sheet music. "

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" Back in 2005, I introduced a thing which, I don't mind saying this - I mean, we stole it, at least in its basic form, from Toyota - it's called World Class Manufacturing. I mean, it's this pretentious title for something which really involves the revisiting of the manufacturing processes of dedication to the removal of waste. "

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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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" People don't like the car business. They like going to car sales, but they don't like the stock of the car companies. "

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" I've always had this incredible sense of urgency. I've always had this desire not to let things fester and to really seize the moment, because it's serendipity. "

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" There are very few things that are certain in this market - apart from one, and that is that small displacement diesels are dead. "

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" I'm a fixer by nature. "

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" We've done all the work that needs to be done on the inside to make sure there's no malfeasance inside Chrysler. "

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" In the car business, sometimes you crash. "

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

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" I like simplicity almost to the point of being monastic. "

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" There is nothing that would prevent Fiat Chrysler from providing ride-sharing service to a wider community and using our dealer network for this. "

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

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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 act like a native in North America. I eat sliders in Detroit. "

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" There's not a single doubt in my mind that the whole of Chrysler organization views itself as an American car producer. "

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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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