33 ordspråk av Wolfgang Bernhard
Wolfgang Bernhard
Although the Volkswagen mini-van shares its basic architecture with upcoming Chrysler and Dodge vehicles, this will be an all new product.
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Although the Volkswagen minivan shares its basic architecture with upcoming Chrysler and Dodge vehicles, this will be an all-new product.
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By 2010, we will bring between five and 10 completely new models ... to market.
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Following a comprehensive analysis, we determined ... that the competitiveness at a sizeable portion of our components business is endangered and a considerable portion are far removed from being competitive at all.
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I think we have turned the corner in the United States,
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I think we have turned the corner in the United States. I am very confident we will see rising car sales in the United States.
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In the VW product range, we are missing a van for families which meets the necessary requirements of our American customers. With this new vehicle, we are going to enter another important market segment with our own product.
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It's a company in crisis. People need to understand that. They have to change.
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Our German factories must be able produce at prices appropriate for export.
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Ten of them will be entirely new models.
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The main thing is that we can now produce and export the vehicle in Germany in competitive conditions.
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The next three years will be decisive for us, ... If we don't succeed in the next three years, there'll be an acute crisis at Volkswagen.
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The problems aren't dissimilar to what I worked on at Chrysler, ... We have to work on our cost-competitiveness, we need to improve our quality, and we need to come up with new and exciting vehicles.
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The product palette of Volkswagen hasn't had a family friendly van which speaks to the specific desires of our American customers. With this new vehicle, we will quickly tap into another large market segment with our own product.
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The United States is the litmus test for our competitiveness. We won't run away from that.
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