Carlos Ghosn Quotes - Page 3

Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.

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.

China will be the answer to Japan's problems.

Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.

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

I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times.

I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.

We are facing extreme volatility.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes.

India is definitely one of the markets where we can expect growth and a potential to do well.

The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.

As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.