Top 15 Quotes About Cars (2024 Update)

1. “I couldn’t find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.”

— Ferdinand Porsche

2. “You’re a car, but most of all, what you are, what you’ve become, is a mate. And that’s what makes a car special. That’s what makes a car great. You start to think of it as a person. You start to love it.”

— Jeremy Clarkson

3. “Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.”

— Colin Chapman

4. “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

— George Carlin

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5. “When you borrow a man’s car, always return it with a tank of gas.”

— Charlie Munger

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6. “I’ve actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don’t mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.”

— Elon Musk

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7. “If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.”

— Ayrton Senna

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8. “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Witty Quotes

9. “Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you.”

— Jeremy Clarkson

Also featured in: Sarcastic Quotes

10. “I was born to race and to win.”

— Lewis Hamilton

Also featured in: Winning Quotes, Passion Quotes

11. “I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Technology Quotes

12. “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 electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.”

— Elon Musk

13. “I’m glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That’s cool.”

— Elon Musk

14. “Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting.”

— Steve McQueen

Also featured in: Competition Quotes

15. “Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.”

— Colin McRae

16. “If Honda does not race, there is no Honda.”

— Sōichirō Honda

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17. “Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.”

— Enzo Ferrari

18. “The Ferrari is a dream – people dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few.”

— Enzo Ferrari