The US will always be an enormous automobile market. You're lost without a car there.

The tough competition among German manufacturers makes us fundamentally strong.

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.

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.

The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

People act as though the hybrid could solve all of our problems - which is certainly not the case.