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

My goal is not to eliminate jobs but to secure jobs by increasing production volume.

The tough competition among German manufacturers makes us fundamentally strong.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

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.

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

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.