AutoWeek's Fast Five: Karl-Heinz Kalbfell.(News)(Brief Article)(Interview)

Byline: MATT DAVIS Rolls-Royce recently changed its chairman and chief executive from Tony Gott to Karl-Heinz Kalbfell. We caught up with the new man at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. AW: What do you say to the fear that German companies are taking over all the great British marques and putting Germans in the top seats? Kalbfell: I'm aware of this, of course.

But I've been with the Rolls-Royce project officially since April 1999 in a management position. I don't want to try to "be British,'' but I love this country and its traditions. What's so wrong with being German? ...

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