39 Quotes by Dieter Zetsche

We're sticking to the timetable for the moment.

We have no shortage of capacity and we are not planning to take any of it out. Our ambition is to make our plants efficient wherever they are.

We want our divisions to concentrate on the automotive core processes - development, production and sales.

Energy and fuel prices continue to rise, triggering fuel consumption concerns in the United States.

Our objective in taking these actions is to create a lean, agile structure, with streamlined and stable processes that will unleash DaimlerChrysler's full potential.

Management has to be where the action is.

I feel it is correct to publish the salaries.

DaimlerChrysler made significant progress in the year 2005, but our earnings are still not where we want them to be. We intend to grow profitably and to create added value over the long term - for the benefit of our customers, employees and shareholders.

No doubt hybrid offers real benefits to the consumer in stop-and-go conditions. That's not as true in long-distance, constant speed driving where the only effect of the hybrid is added weight.