When you got mechanisms in a car that prevent damage from happening to the engine and that operate under very specific circumstances, those things are exceptions under normal operating conditions of the car; under the rules, they need to be disclosed.

Sergio Marchionne

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.

Sergio Marchionne

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

Sergio Marchionne

Leadership is not a quantitative thing. People either smell it in you, or they don't.

Sergio Marchionne

I'm a fixer by nature.

Sergio Marchionne

I've always had this incredible sense of urgency. I've always had this desire not to let things fester and to really seize the moment, because it's serendipity.

Sergio Marchionne

I give people a huge amount of rope, and then I hold them accountable for the rope.

Sergio Marchionne

I just want to make a difference. I want to make Chrysler the most profitable car company in the United States.

Sergio Marchionne

We have been very reluctant to make statements about where the industry is going to go. The Wrangler is going hybrid in 2020. We don't make much noise about that, but it will happen.

Sergio Marchionne

I'm a phenomenal fan of Elon Musk. I think he's the greatest. He's a disrupter, and I think he is a great marketer. And I love him.

Sergio Marchionne

If you're looking for power and handling, then I think Ferrari is the answer.

Sergio Marchionne

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.

Sergio Marchionne

I have been public on this, and I firmly, firmly believe that this notion of accountability for what you promise as a leader is as important as your integrity.

Sergio Marchionne

There is nothing that would prevent Fiat Chrysler from providing ride-sharing service to a wider community and using our dealer network for this.

Sergio Marchionne

I think the likelihood that combustion will continue to represent the large portion of the power unit world is very small.

Sergio Marchionne

The hardest job is getting personalities to mesh.

Sergio Marchionne

I am proud of my Italian heritage, and nothing I have said should be interpreted as an attempt at minimizing its value.

Sergio Marchionne

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.

Sergio Marchionne

I am never on holiday.

Sergio Marchionne

In the car business, sometimes you crash.

Sergio Marchionne

My job is not to make decisions but to set stretch objectives and help our managers work out how to reach them.

Sergio Marchionne