I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times.

I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.

Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.

Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.

Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!