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Martin C. Klein is the Vice President and Global Head of Adient’s premium brand RECARO Automotive Seating in Germany. He leads the complete automotive branch of RECARO being responsible for their performance car seat business. Martin’s past includes time at Daimler-Benz in their M&A, their worldwide Special Trucks Operation and on strategic projects including turning the single-brand dealer network into a multi-brand organization after their merger with Chrysler. His final assignment for Daimler was serving as the Director of a Mercedes-Benz branch in Germany. After 25 years at Daimler, Martin joined a privately held German Investment Company. Today, heading RECARO Automotive Seating is an honor for him and an obligation at the same time, carrying the torch for such an iconic brand.
Martin and I met at SEMA in 2017 and RECARO associate Ulrich “Ulli” Andree was guest #919 in December of 2017.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • MetronGarage • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
There is always room for improvement.
It’s not over til it’s over. – Yogi Berra
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
It’s the failures that shape our mindsets. My downfall is being impatient. In a typical situation battling with engineering, many engineers will tell me that they will try my suggestion, but tell me it probably won’t work. I, on the other hand, try to see a challenge from the other person’s perspective. It has helped me to become a little more patient.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
My first special car was a used, red, 1972 911 s Porsche, with a 2.4 liter engine.
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Check the tires!
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
RECARO Devil’s Playground video on YouTube.
Stay true to yourself. Nobody is better than you.
WHERE TO FIND MARTIN
RECARO’s website
Wikipedia’s RECARO story
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