MARTIN WINTERKORN

Growth in the Chinese automobile market has exceeded everyone's expectations.

Regardless of whether we are in an upturn or a downturn, our goal is to ensure the Volkswagen Group reaches the top of the automotive industry.

The two inventions of the century, the car and the computer, are gradually coming closer together.

The U.S. market has the highest priority for Volkswagen.

The Volkswagen Group offers the world's largest low-CO2 fleet.

I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.

2008 was a good - a very successful year for Volkswagen.

Americans are as they are. We have to accept this. Lots of Europeans forget that.

Audi has fewer problems with electronics than any other company.

Combining their operating business will make Volkswagen and Porsche even stronger - both financially and strategically - going forward.

I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.

I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.'

I would like to thank Wolfgang Schreiber for his successful work with Bentley and Bugatti and the consistent further development of the two brands.

If you want to be promoted into the first league of carmakers, then you can't just follow suit.

It is important to exhaust the potential of existing markets. But it is equally important to open up new markets.

MoMA is one of the world's most admired cultural institutions.

People who, like me, grew up in the 1950s and 1960s after World War II, grew up with cars.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

Taking the third step before the first would be fatal.

The automotive year 2013 was, especially for European car makers, extremely challenging.

The hybrid engine costs a lot of money, and customers are hardly willing to spend so much more for a car.

The integrated automotive group of Volkswagen and Porsche is a certainty.

The United States will remain one of the most important markets for VW.

The Volkswagen Group has proved that it can remain firmly on track even when the terrain is slippery.

There are always opportunities one cannot pass up.