As part of the celebrations of our 25th anniversary this year, we collected the – according to us – 25 greatest automotive quotes. Some of them are as old as the automobile itself, the first one is even much older.
- There will be cars that are not pulled by any animal and drive along with incredible
force. – Leonardo Da Vinci - The car is a temporary phenomenon. I believe in the horse. – Emperor Wilhelm II.
- What’s behind you doesn’t matter. – Enzo Ferrari
- The car was invented to increase man’s scope of freedom, but not to drive man insane. – Enzo Ferrari
- I couldn’t find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself. – Ferdinand Porsche
- If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenge himself. – Ferdinand Porsche
- Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines. – Enzo Ferrari
- You can have the car in any color as long as it’s black. – Henry Ford
- The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. – Henry Ford
- The automobile engine will come, and then I will consider my life’s work complete. – Rudolf Diesel
- If computers were cars, the Mac would be a Lexus for its reliability and elegance. The PC? An AMC Gremlin. – John Francis Dodge
- Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. – E.B. White
- It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. – E. L. Doctorow
- Racing is Life, everything before or after is just waiting. – Steve McQueen
- A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. – Mario Andretti
- Do every job you’re in like you’re going to do it for the rest of your life and demonstrate that ownership of it. – Mary Barra
- The cars we drive say a lot about us. – Alexandra Paul
- One person’s car is another person’s scenery. – Jonathan Ive
- Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers. – Colin McRae
- You can’t treat a car like a human being… Cars have feelings! – Walter Röhrl
- There’s a lot of stress in life, but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window. – Dan Brown
- All of those cars were once just a dream in somebody’s head. – Peter Gabriel
- I am emotional about engines, if you hurt my car, you hurt my heart. – Amit Kalantri
- When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. – Elon Musk
- The way I drive, the way I handle a car, is an expression of my inner feelings. – Lewis Hamilton