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It's important to see things in perspective. Automobile traffic is responsible for only 12 percent of total CO2 emissions. One should be able to point this out without being accused of changing the subject.

It's important to see things in perspective. Automobile traffic is responsible for only 12 percent of total CO2 emissions. One should be able to point this out without being accused of changing the subject.

Martin Winterkorn
Perspective, Important, Able
Source: www.spiegel.de

People act as though the hybrid could solve all of our problems - which is certainly not the case.

Martin Winterkorn
People, Problem, Cases
"SPIEGEL Interview with Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn: 'People Act as though the Hybrid Could Solve all our Problems'". Interview with Dietmar Hawranek, Stefan Aust and Armin Mahler, www.spiegel.de. March 6, 2007.

My goal is not to eliminate jobs but to secure jobs by increasing production volume.

Martin Winterkorn
Jobs, Goal, Volume
Source: www.spiegel.de

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

Martin Winterkorn
Politician, Criticize, Criticizing Others
"SPIEGEL Interview with Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn: 'People Act as though the Hybrid Could Solve all our Problems'". Interview with Dietmar Hawranek, Stefan Aust and Armin Mahler, www.spiegel.de. March 6, 2007.

The US will always be an enormous automobile market. You're lost without a car there.

Martin Winterkorn
Car, Lost, Enormous

Bentley and Lamborghini have been achieving record sales for years. This doesn't support the notion that these models are suddenly social pariahs. There will always be a place for these kinds of cars.

Martin Winterkorn
Years, Car, Support
Source: www.spiegel.de

The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy.

Martin Winterkorn
Government, Organization, Company
Source: www.spiegel.de

The tough competition among German manufacturers makes us fundamentally strong.

Martin Winterkorn
Strong, Competition, Tough
"SPIEGEL Interview with Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn: 'People Act as though the Hybrid Could Solve all our Problems'". Interview with Dietmar Hawranek, Stefan Aust and Armin Mahler, www.spiegel.de. March 6, 2007.

Russia has the largest reserves of natural resources, including iron and natural gas. The market will develop in the long term, and the VW Group will benefit from it.

Martin Winterkorn
Russia, Iron, Long

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