One of the things that unfortunately happens in organizations that become dysfunctional is that the very first thing to go is the amount of care and attention that you place on the workplace and the environment within which people work.
— Sergio Marchionne
I'm not really a late night guy. I used to be when I was younger.
I have been public on this, and I firmly, firmly believe that this notion of accountability for what you promise as a leader is as important as your integrity.
There's no doubt that we are, by traditional automotive manufacturing standards, an automotive conglomerate. And so that causes confusion by definition.
I think the mind should deliver new and fresh designs all the time.
We have been very reluctant to make statements about where the industry is going to go. The Wrangler is going hybrid in 2020. We don't make much noise about that, but it will happen.
The biggest fear that I see is that we will be left behind. We are a very slow industry; for us to make a decision takes forever. Take Tesla: Elon moves at the speed of a rocket.
When you got mechanisms in a car that prevent damage from happening to the engine and that operate under very specific circumstances, those things are exceptions under normal operating conditions of the car; under the rules, they need to be disclosed.
I'm a fixer by nature.
As much as I reiterate my affection for Elon, there is nothing Elon does that we cannot do.
Chrysler's best assets were its Jeeps, minivans, and light trucks. Fiat's expertise was in small-car technology and fuel-efficient engines, the very thing that Chrysler lacked.
People are very focused on value and preservation of capital. They're a lot less risk-prone than they used to be.
The HMI (human-machine interface) function inside a Ferrari is probably the weakest link in the chain of technical know-how that's embodied in the car.
When I was young and foolish, and I had no money, I bought myself the carcass of a Jaguar E-Type. It was a rust bucket. I spent all my university savings trying to fix the car. I never did, and I finally sold it to recover at least part of my investment.
By 2025, more than half of the power units you see on the road will have some relevance of electrification. There may be a base combustion engine, but it is combustion and electrification that will make the machine run.
When we agreed to the changes in the emissions standards and the objectives for 2025 with President Obama, there was a very clear road map that was put in place that required a midterm review, which should have been completed by 2017 and '18.
I think we have been unnecessarily maligned with a desire or a wish or intent on our part to try to defraud anybody. We haven't.
Auto companies need to quickly separate the stuff that will be swallowed by commodity from the brand stuff.
I've always had this incredible sense of urgency. I've always had this desire not to let things fester and to really seize the moment, because it's serendipity.
There's nothing worse in life than to sit there and be the victim of a process that's outside your control.
People don't like the car business. They like going to car sales, but they don't like the stock of the car companies.
If you're looking for power and handling, then I think Ferrari is the answer.
There is nothing that would prevent Fiat Chrysler from providing ride-sharing service to a wider community and using our dealer network for this.
I think the likelihood that combustion will continue to represent the large portion of the power unit world is very small.
We've done all the work that needs to be done on the inside to make sure there's no malfeasance inside Chrysler.
If you look at Jeep, Ram, and the premium brands, those are brands that will survive.
