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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. "

Sergio Marchionne

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" All my bloody pants look the same; all my sweaters look the same. The shirts change; they're all blue. "

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

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" There's no doubt that we are, by traditional automotive manufacturing standards, an automotive conglomerate. And so that causes confusion by definition. "

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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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" It takes me exactly a minute and a half to get dressed in the morning. "

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" I love Obama to talk about Chrysler. It's the cheapest bloody advertising I can get. "

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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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" 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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