135 Quotes by Rick Wagoner

Our fate is going to be determined in the next three to five years on getting this business in the U.S. turned around and profitable,

Health care costs in this country are out of control, ... We would really like to see much more focus and leadership from elected officials, especially in Washington.

Overall economic growth in Europe hasn't been robust and the car market hasn't been robust,

Our relationship is strong, and we look forward to our continued partnership. This transaction will allow us to preserve our business relationship, while further building up GM's already significant liquidity position during this critical phase of our turnaround.

Stan O'Neal has been a great asset on the GM Board and to General Motors management over his 5 years of service as a director. We are grateful for his many positive contributions to General Motors and wish him the best.

I was incredibly impressed with his (Lutz's) continuing passion and enthusiasm for cars and trucks and the auto industry in general,

The industry sales mix is shifting away from the larger, higher-profit vehicles, even pickups, ... reflects too much reliance on those products for profitability.

I think everybody's reeling a little bit about how fast things have moved south,

We no longer take it for granted that we can't be the most productive manufacturer. That's the way it used to be in the 1950s and l960s. We need to get back to that, as one element of a strong position in this excess capacity world that we're going to be in.