Carlos Ghosn Quotes (30 Quotes)

At the same time Nissan did the Dakar Rally for a couple of years but the results were not up to the expectations that I wanted from the team. We pulled out.

We're going to be facing in 2006, 2007, I'd say at best stagnation. It's an industry where you have to move all the time. You have to question yourself all the time. You have to challenge the way you're doing business all the time.

The combination of growth and cost reduction will allow Nissan to achieve a consolidated operating profit of 4.5 percent of sales by 2002.

At the moment it is an investment because it is getting good results. The important thing is to see how we make the most of those results and transform it into commercial success. At the moment Formula One is an investment that is paying off for Renault. What we can say is that for the next few years it is an investment.

As long as it is a good investment for Renault, we'll stay.

Russia is an important part of our global growth strategy.

The costs of doing business in Southern California are much higher than the costs of doing business in Tennessee.

We don't know where the markets are going, ... We have to observe what's going down, see the trends, look at every vibration on the market, prepare the technology and jump when consumers start to think one way or the other.

China will be the answer to Japan's problems.

We are the car manufacturer who grew the most, not only in growth rate but in absolute numbers, which was very rewarding ... since we were not on the front line of the incentive game,

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

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

As long as we perform at the top level there will not be so much question about our future in F1. There are questions about the format of the sport from 2008, but if we consider that the resolutions to these questions are good, and still receive a good return on our investment, then we should be there.

You'd be hard-pressed to name another industry in which so much emphasis is placed on discounting to move products.

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

We want to offer all kinds of technology. I'm trying to tell the team, the Nissan team, don't make the choice for the consumer. Let them choose between the palette of technologies we can offer.

Without any doubt I don't like Formula One with an average show, I like Formula One with a strong show, ... We are doing well at the moment and as long as we keep doing well we will still be in Formula One.

My wife has a Modus. She tells me she loves it I say to her, 'I wish there were more like you'. We imagined a segment but it turned out to be much smaller. We have built factory capacity much larger than what we are selling, and we are suffering.

The plant closures, however painful, will guarantee the future of the remaining plants by allowing them to be industry leaders, both in terms of productivity and cost effectiveness,

Demand is down heavily, ... Now that consumers are being convinced little by little that high oil prices are here to stay, they will be shifting their attitude on the market.

It was spooky silent for the first few minutes ... We've been expecting this for a couple of months now, so it wasn't a shock, but it wasn't good news.

We're going to see at best, stagnation in the market, ... Most of the growth will come from the developing countries.

Nissan is no stranger to Tennessee. Our understanding of the business climate here has been formed by 25 years of experience,

But this will take a very long time.

I have never been too bullish on the US market and have been looking for signs of the end, and if this trend continues into November I am afraid this may be the beginning of it.

Our goal is to move as many people as possible to the new location. Fifty percent of current employees would be the best possible result.

We think there is a real threat that logically we could be brought to the conclusion that the best investment is not in Sunderland, but maybe somewhere on the (European) continent,

Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.

We'll encourage our employees to make their decisions based on an existing experience,

Manufacturers must reawaken passion for cars and trucks and restore the value to the minds of our customers.