I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.

When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside.

People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.

We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.

The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

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

Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.