Martin Winterkorn
Martin Winterkorn
Martin Winterkornis the former chairman of the board of directorsof Volkswagen AG, the parent company of the Volkswagen Group, and former chairman of the supervisory board of Audi and Porsche Automobil Holding SE...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 May 1947
CountryGermany
politician criticize criticizing-others
Politicians are fond of criticizing others.
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My goal is not to eliminate jobs but to secure jobs by increasing production volume.
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Bentley and Lamborghini have been achieving record sales for years. This doesn't support the notion that these models are suddenly social pariahs. There will always be a place for these kinds of cars.
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Russia has the largest reserves of natural resources, including iron and natural gas. The market will develop in the long term, and the VW Group will benefit from it.
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The US will always be an enormous automobile market. You're lost without a car there.
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The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy.
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It's important to see things in perspective. Automobile traffic is responsible for only 12 percent of total CO2 emissions. One should be able to point this out without being accused of changing the subject.
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If you want to be promoted into the first league of carmakers, then you can't just follow suit.
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The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles.
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The hybrid engine costs a lot of money, and customers are hardly willing to spend so much more for a car.
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Combining their operating business will make Volkswagen and Porsche even stronger - both financially and strategically - going forward.
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India is and will remain an important strategic growth market for the Volkswagen Group. We are convinced that VW will take on a key role in the Indian automobile market in the long-term.