Martin Winterkorn quotes:

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.

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.

Bentley and Lamborghini have been achieving record sales for years. This doesn't support the notion that these models are suddenly social pariahs. There will always be a place for these kinds of cars.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Volkswagen must continue to attack and make good use of its opportunities.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

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

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

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

The tough competition among German manufacturers makes us fundamentally strong.

India is and will remain an important strategic growth market for the Volkswagen Group. We are convinced that VW will take on a key role in the Indian automobile market in the long-term.

There are always opportunities one cannot pass up.

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

VW grows with the challenges. We continue to do, even when times are tough.

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

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

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.

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