Italian - Businessman | June 17, 1952 - July 25, 2018
I just want to make things that people want to buy. I have no confusion about this.
Sergio Marchionne
PeopleWantConfusionBuyThings
One of the most horrible wastes of capital you see is the duplication of the effort by the car manufacturers to do things that appear to be different from the other guy.
CarEffortBe DifferentYouSeeGuy
What is the point of one guy developing a 1.3 engine, and another guy a 1.4? What are you getting for this? And the answer is nothing: a total waste of capital.
YouNothingPointEngineAnswerGuy
I just want to make a difference. I want to make Chrysler the most profitable car company in the United States.
CarMake A DifferenceWantCompany
If you put a Ferrari sticker on a toaster, it doesn't go any faster.
YouGoFerrariFasterToasterAny
There are very few things that are certain in this market - apart from one, and that is that small displacement diesels are dead.
SmallDeadThingsMarketApartFew
I think hybrids are inevitable. The question is not the technology: it's a question of the cost and whether the consumer will pay.
TechnologyThinkInevitableWillPay
Leadership is not a quantitative thing. People either smell it in you, or they don't.
LeadershipPeopleYouSmellEither
People need to trust you: that you're going to pull them out and that they will follow you when you pull them out. If they don't get that comfort, they're going to drop you. This is true of organizations. It's true of countries.
TrustPeopleYouComfortTrueWill
Following the automotive pack down unwise and unprofitable roads is not just naive but also very dangerous.
RoadsDownDangerousNaiveJust
The heart of Ferrari is winning in F1. I don't want to see our drivers in 7th and 12th place.
HeartWinningPlaceWantSeeOur
It is only proper that our employees share in the savings generated by tax reform and that we openly acknowledge the resulting improvement in the U.S. business environment by investing in our industrial footprint accordingly.
BusinessImprovementEmployeesTax
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Sergio Marchionne quotes