[in German] I am pleased that at the skilled hands
of a brilliant design engineer and his staff,
preliminary designs for a German Volkswagen have been completed,
and the first models will finally be tested by the middle of the year.
Then you will understand why I was utterly determined to lay the groundwork
for the invention of the German Volkswagen and its ultimate conclusion,
and by that, dear gentlemen, I mean a successful conclusion!
[in German] Whenever there is war, fewer remain in the end.
There are always winners and losers.
And I intend...
along with our VW partners around the world...
to emerge victorious.
Yeah, a little faster is more fun.
[in German] I don't feel I can't communicate with others.
But there are individuals with whom I don't want to communicate.
And they complain about my lack of communication.
However, that's not unintentional.
[Martin Winterkorn in German] Dr. Piëch and I
have been working together for almost 30 years.
And as you know, Dr. Piëch has always regarded innovation as the top priority.
So, we agreed that he would focus on innovation and I would safeguard it.
[in German] We wanted to have the most satisfied customers.
We wanted to have the most satisfied employees.
We wanted to achieve good results in order to invest in the future.
And we wanted to make the best cars.
The upshot of which will be that by 2018 we are going to be
the preeminent car manufacturer in the world.
[audience applauding]
[Winterkorn in German] Technological leadership
is not just defined anymore by horsepower and torque.
The joy of economical and emissions-free driving, ladies and gentlemen,
will be the currency in coming years.
[in German] The irregularities found in our diesel engines
are the antithesis of everything Volkswagen stands for.
Even I, at this point, don't have answers to all the questions.
But we are working diligently to find out exactly what happened.
[in German] To our employees, I'd like to say,
I know with how much dedication,
honesty and integrity you pursue your work day after day.
I am well aware that much of it has been thrown into question.
But it would be wrong to cast general suspicion
on the hard and honest work of 600,000 people
because of the terrible mistake made by the few.
[in German] You have my word,
we will do all of this with the greatest possible openness and transparency.
[man in German] Do they poison the air more than allowed?
[man in German] We did the same test on the street that we did in the lab.