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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. "

Sergio Marchionne

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

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

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

" I'm not really a late night guy. I used to be when I was younger. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I just want to make a difference. I want to make Chrysler the most profitable car company in the United States. "

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" I am never on holiday. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" There's a not a single doubt in my mind that the car that changed the conversation about Chrysler was the Grand Cherokee of 2010. "

" 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. "

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

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

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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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" When you got mechanisms in a car that prevent damage from happening to the engine and that operate under very specific circumstances, those things are exceptions under normal operating conditions of the car; under the rules, they need to be disclosed. "

" 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. "

" If you're looking for power and handling, then I think Ferrari is the answer. "