Quotes from Martin Winterkorn

The Volkswagen Group offers the world's largest low-CO2 fleet.

Combining their operating business will make Volkswagen and Porsche even stronger - both financially and strategically - going forward.

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

Volkswagen must continue to attack and make good use of its opportunities.

The violations of these diesel motors by our company go against everything that Volkswagen stands for... at this time, I don't yet have the answers to all the questions. I'm utterly sorry that we have damaged trust in this way. I offer my deepest apologies to our customers, the authorities, and to the public at large for our misconduct.

The United States will remain one of the most important markets for VW.

It is important to exhaust the potential of existing markets. But it is equally important to open up new markets.

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