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.

To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.

Our objective is to position Nissan in the top rank of the car industry. Until we get there, there will be no rest.

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

We don't know where the markets are going....we have to observe what's going down, see the trends, look at every vibration on the market, prepare the technology and jump when consumers start to think one way or the other

Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.