PROTON Holdings Bhd senior director, group operations, Wolfgang Karl Epple, has tendered in his resignation, almost three years after driving forward the carmaker's quality initiatives.

His resignation was confirmed by Proton's head of group communications, Muhammad Amyzaddin Raya.

Muhammad Amyzaddin said Epple informed Proton that his resignation was due to his intention to take up another challenge in the automotive industry closer to home in Europe.

"Over the next month, Epple will continue to oversee his portfolio and we are confident of a smooth transition," Muhammad Amyzaddin told Business Times.

Epple, 58, was appointed on a contract basis as director of quality on April 7 2009 to spearhead Proton's quality function.

A PhD holder in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Epple worked for BMW AG for 23 years with several significant management positions in Munich and South Africa.

He last served BMW AG as vice president of quality management research and development.

Before that he managed BMW's role in its Hybrid cooperation project with Daimler, Chrysler and General Motors in Detroit, USA.

As a project director, he was in charge of the current BMW 3 series.


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Wolfgang was closesly working in P3-21A QA. Hope Proton will hire someone as good as him. Can't wait for P3-21A

This post has been edited by ruffstuff: Mar 2 2012, 06:07 PM

german names are so awesome lol...

Tiada guna ada experience dengan BMW kalau Proton masih teruk.

His working with P3-21A. So wait for the car.

Reason?

Euro 2012 this year. He wants to support Germany closer to home.

This.

true

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I believe his work is done, that's why he resigned

See the write up? They write more about his time in BMW then what he did in Proton.

i believe he fed up and dissapointed of msia gomen and the stupidity of proton...thats why he resign..stay there oso no future + no hope...he regretted

At least he contribute to Proton QA with his vast experience in BMW.

tan wolfgang

xD

drbhicom ppl will come in to replace him?

3 years ah?

So Neo, Persona, Saga and Exora all being pretty good was because of him?

power window still spoil..balik la german.

WHY not hire local talent?????....

so, Proton isn't 100% Malaysian car after all...

lool he gave up.

This.

"He last served BMW AG as vice president" ???

Buat malu saja.

Not sure. But he was working in the development of P3-21A.

his working only started 3 years ago mean new management of proton
saga and exora only
neo,persona all under old management...u can see they didn't even plan to renew/replace it
all now come out from proton is all new model
but i think his main project is still the p3-21a

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Mar 2 2012, 07:12 PM

he give up

Perhaps he gets upset working with both hands tied down.
U know, Germans are full of ideas & innovative thinking.

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This post has been edited by pocue: Mar 2 2012, 07:24 PM

this is more likely

i think like he said la...closer to home
satay, nasi lemak, chao kuew tiaw and rice isn't suitable for germans
they like sausages and bread

Wow, you know better than Germans. You must be Germans.

Media got a hand to test drive P3-21A? Looking forward for the reviews after nda lifted.

just wanna ask,

is it true senior engineer for design department from Audi works with KIA now ??

OMG man, how much did they pay for this guy man?

Was it worth the money?

I heard many engineers in Proton have good ideas as well. Why must an idea come from a Mat Salleh to be good? What kind of mentality is that? Already the boot is not nice.

Come on man, I am sure a local can come up with something as good as this or even better.

Wafadak man? How much was he paid? 1 million a month?

kena fired by new management izit

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This post has been edited by pocue: Mar 2 2012, 07:34 PM

P3-21A designer might be someone from Italdesign Guigiaro.

kalau ada ex-VP of QC BMW pun proton sampah, ape tah lagi without him.

Tuah design not from Italdesign?

tak habis habis proton bazir duit.

well, guess can't say much about a person who fail at playing Forex.

Waste money ask Italdesign do.

Hackline with autocad can do better la.

somehow, i think that's the reason also..

quality control macam sampah. still no quality cars. he can just die lor.

Resigned bcoz he couldnt stand the constant song-lapping culture so prevalent inside Plotong.

^^ Or maybe in Proton, office boy more hebat than manager. Must respect office boy more than any other people.

Especially when the office boy is related to who's who on the Board Of Directors....typical songlap culture.

Quality required teamwork,from top management to worker..it's not one man show

worth or not...wait for launch
and hes in charge of quality..not design at all
and some outsides can balance proton from my view
all same race inside a company ain't gonna improve it

shit or not, he still has the coolest name out of all of us


jelly?

Sekarang dah ok, jawatan itu dikembalikan kepada orang Melayu. Next time Proton is in a mess, Proton will bring in foreign talents again.

Maybe Epple is fed up with the Bumi agenda in Proton......

He went back to his castle to fight Terry Bogard.

KRAUSER WAVE!

their names sounded badass

Merehsia : I want lu design real cheap car n good quality....
no fuk bout tat power window.

wolfgang : facepalm.jpg

LOL kepala hotak kau
kontrak dia already ended la,only 3years for p321a project
summore his salary is bloody expensive la,several times higher than local

then in that 3years,he alrady stated & actioned whats improvement should be made to p321A,so our local guys learned lots of QC thingy from him,thats it

Seems Proton follow my advice to cut 'overhead'.

Hidan > all.

MUAHAHAHHAHA...

realy proton that dumb being ignorant?of cos proton need to take any advise from him to make the p321A can be regarded as export car

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This post has been edited by e36.hartge: Mar 2 2012, 09:22 PM

he sees that there's no hope for proton

ultimately,u guys think overall bmw is realy high-quality car?
LOL if u ever bought brand-new CKD also not all perfect la,then bmw car which aged more than 5years,im sure u guys never know the diff compared to merc

bmw is not a car for those who wan to save budget on maintenance,if he want low maintenance,go merc or audi

ooi.. why u kutuk your own fav brand?

no la taiko,the old one maintenance ok wan
the new one will make burn your money fast

Proton good car forever

He got free lunch for 3 years now, must be living like a emperor, now go home and enjoy the benefits

he gave up with bloody proton internal politic. Wake up malaysian. You know our style tidak apa attitude.

He missed working with Germans. I can understand where he is coming from.

sh1t la talk to you every day slowly poison ppl to get e36 lower maintenance models..

He thought he could be the next 'Carlos Ghosn'.

Boy was he in for a surprise. HAHAHAHA.

he sked this p3-21a will not delivered

he wasted his time here...

Malaysian != Brazillians. HUHUE.

Watashite u all talking about? He resign ma resign la, y so much fuss?

to much politic thing in Proton, he can't stand anymore

He wanted his face to be on Newsweek/Bloomberg with the headline"

THE GERMAN THAT TURNED AROUND PROTON.

for mareshian...BMW = godlike
but what u said is true...just they dn't know

This...probably coudln't tahan the politicking and perhaps Malaysian quality (cincai oso kan) vs German quality....Kesian...

Maybe when he go back to Germany he will tell his German friends:

"Malaysia not for human live one."

Memangnya not for human live

Inb3 you tak suka you keluar ..

Heard rumors Mahaleel will take over his place.

The return of Gen2 and Iswara.

YES!

actually holding his position like his in a government run company is very for human to live, just not for human to work in that company

Clearly you lots never works with any German lads. He was a BMW QC Vp for a reason. They not the kind who just gave up after things can't be done.

Unlike Malaysian, which sure got loads of people like that. Hard skit, gave up. Third world mentality.