I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.
Taking the third step before the first would be fatal.
I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.
As CEO, I accept responsibility for the irregularities that have been found in diesel engines and have therefore requested the Supervisory Board to agree on terminating my function as CEO of the Volkswagen Group.
The hybrid engine costs a lot of money, and customers are hardly willing to spend so much more for a car.
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.
The United States will remain one of the most important markets for VW.
The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles.
The Volkswagen Group offers the world's largest low-CO2 fleet.
VW's future is increasingly being decided in China, Russia, India, the Americas and Southeast Asia. This is where we will generate most of our growth in future.
There are always opportunities one cannot pass up.
VW grows with the challenges. We continue to do, even when times are tough.
Combining their operating business will make Volkswagen and Porsche even stronger - both financially and strategically - going forward.
I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.'
Audi has fewer problems with electronics than any other company.
If you want to be promoted into the first league of carmakers, then you can't just follow suit.
When a customer sits inside the car, then they have to have the feeling that it's an Audi - whether it's the leatherwork or the bodywork. All these things must be typically Audi.
Americans are as they are. We have to accept this. Lots of Europeans forget that.
It is important to exhaust the potential of existing markets. But it is equally important to open up new markets.
