Wolfgang Bernhard
Wolfgang Bernhard
Wolfgang Bernhardis a member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG. He served as the former President and COO of Chrysler from 2000 to 2004...
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I think we have turned the corner in the United States. I am very confident we will see rising car sales in the United States.
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I think we have turned the corner in the United States,
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When we export to the United States, to the NAFTA region, we lose three-digit-million numbers, ... That raises questions about our European production facilities.
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The product palette of Volkswagen hasn't had a family friendly van which speaks to the specific desires of our American customers. With this new vehicle, we will quickly tap into another large market segment with our own product.
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Our German factories must be able produce at prices appropriate for export.
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We have our back against the wall. We can't give anything anymore, ... The only thing we can give is the future of Volkswagen.
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Using the concept time for a production car is good because everybody comes and not much happening around, so you can reach everybody who is at the show, ... We will have a concept car.
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VW must either put a question mark over plants or the manner in which they work.
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The problems aren't dissimilar to what I worked on at Chrysler, ... We have to work on our cost-competitiveness, we need to improve our quality, and we need to come up with new and exciting vehicles.
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We are delighted to be supporting an important event such as the World Youth Day, ... The young people coming together in Cologne are our future. The message of tolerance, optimism and understanding among nations they are sending all over the world comes from Germany this year, in many ways a valuable sign in itself.
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This is just the first step on a long way. We cannot lean back and be complacent.
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The next three years will be decisive for us, ... If we don't succeed in the next three years, there'll be an acute crisis at Volkswagen.
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We cannot survive alone by cutting costs. We need a future at Volkswagen, and at the end of the day that future comes from the products.
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We're developing a design that will be uniquely Volkswagen's because we believe there's tremendous opportunity in this market for a vehicle of this type.