141 quotes found
“In its heyday, the car was an expression of technical flair and design genius: the original Mini, the Beetle, the 2CV, and the Fiat 500 were all, in their various ways, inspired incarnations of fun...”
“Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.”
“Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.”
“I don't take on projects that are a hassle or when someone comes in and says, 'We really need this design,' and I'm like, 'OK, fine, I'll do it.' It really has to be something that I personally fee...”
“When I design a car, I want people to look at it and go, 'Wow, that's kind of interesting,' and do a second take.”
“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.”
“When consumers purchase a Toyota, they are not simply purchasing a car, truck or van. They are placing their trust in our company.”
“Riding my motorcycle around L.A. is like my own video game. But unlike many folks at the wheel, I am occupied with getting where I'm going and keeping myself safe. Most people are applying makeup, ...”
“When James Bond presses the watch and the car explodes, the writer doesn't go into the science of it. One should leave it to the leap of faith. I have tried to explain as much as possible, and what...”
“Porsche is a driver's car - a performance car. That was funny - here's this awesome car, but it's got no cup holders.”
“What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?”
“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.”
“It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electr...”
“When you were growing up, your mom and dad told you to look both ways before crossing the street or not to get into a car with a stranger. It's the same with the Internet. We have a big responsibil...”
“When I was 19 years old, both of my parents died in the same year; my mom of cancer and my dad in a car accident. Through the next two or three years and a series of bad decisions - all my own, I m...”
“When I was 7, an old lady was driving too fast in my neighborhood and hit me with her car. I was running out of the house, and when I got halfway into the street, my mom saw the car and yelled for ...”
“I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.”
“America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.”
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
“When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think...”
