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We are facing extreme volatility.


If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.


You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.


We continue to be bullish on China.


You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.


When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make.


What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.


There are always lessons that can be learned from another manufacturer. You can learn from their successes and from their mistakes also. But you cannot replicate; you can only learn.


Is Europe going to be breaking? I don't think so. I think the euro will stay. I think at the end of the day Europeans will find the solutions in order to hold Europe together.


I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.


You want to make sure this particular car is going to please the customer and then you're going to be rewarded with something that is going to please the shareholder.


Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.


I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.


China will be the answer to Japan's problems.


At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!


Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.


When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job.


You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.


The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.


Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.