Sergio Marchionne

Businessman

1952-06-17

Quotes by Sergio Marchionne

• Don't believe your own press, and don't give speeches.

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• Who my successor is will be up to the board, not me.

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• Auto companies need to quickly separate the stuff that will be swallowed by commodity from the brand stuff.

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• All my bloody pants look the same; all my sweaters look the same. The shirts change; they're all blue.

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• The last thing you want is a group of senators who just lent you seven and a half billion dollars to sit back and go, 'Look at these jerks and how they're using taxpayer money.'

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• I think that if you don't do the full analysis of what the origin of the electrical power is, where it comes from, how you get batteries into these cars, what the cost is in terms of CO2 and the environment, I think the analysis that we are going to save the planet with electric cars is nonsense.

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• 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.

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• I want to study theoretical physics because it is one of the hardest things there is.

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• If you put a Ferrari sticker on a toaster, it doesn't go any faster.

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• Back in 2005, I introduced a thing which, I don't mind saying this - I mean, we stole it, at least in its basic form, from Toyota - it's called World Class Manufacturing. I mean, it's this pretentious title for something which really involves the revisiting of the manufacturing processes of dedication to the removal of waste.

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• Having had to live through a period of integration into another country a number of years ago, I am keenly aware of the negative implications of stereotyping and the significant efforts required to undo its effects.

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• 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.

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• Following the automotive pack down unwise and unprofitable roads is not just naive but also very dangerous.

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• You only produce one car less than the demand for the vehicle. You just don't exceed that equation.

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• 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.

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