Word: hartmut
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...lives for politics." - Hartmut Knüppel, a close friend who has known Westerwelle since they met through a youth wing of the FDP close to 30 years ago (TIME, Sept...
...Guido Westerwelle for the living embodiment of Germany's national stereotype. Square-jawed, bronzed and urbane, the 47-year-old leader of the liberal Free Democratic Party doesn't exactly radiate humor. Asked what motivates him, he answers solemnly, "I burn internally." "He lives for politics," confirms close friend Hartmut Knüppel, who has known Westerwelle since they met through a youth wing of the FDP almost three decades...
...always sell. In 1999, German carmaker Volkswagen launched the Lupo 3L TDI in Europe, a no-frills subcompact that got 100 km on 3 L of gas. Volkswagen built 29,500 Lupo 3Ls and then last year yanked the car from the market. "It was too frugal," says Hartmut Hoffmann, a product spokesman for VW. "Customer interest faded." Other manufacturers have flirted with ultralight models, but few have dared bring them to market. In 1997, Ford announced plans for what it called the P2000, which promised to be 40% lighter than conventional family sedans. And in 2002, Opel, the European...
...official reaction to liberalization is far more skeptical. No private operators have yet been granted licenses in France or Spain, even though both nations have implemented legislation that should technically allow for it. In Germany, where some private operators have been allowed, DB's ceo, former aerospace executive Hartmut Mehdorn, is cutting staff and spiffing up stations to knock the railroad into shape before a planned public offering in 2005. He has also bulked up the company's international-freight operations with the acquisition of former state-owned firms in Denmark and the Netherlands. Some worry that DB is assembling...
...view channels. These carmakers, who sponsor racing in return for advertising reach, want to protect against that. So Ford, Fiat, Daimler-Chrysler, BMW and Renault have proposed an as-yet-unnamed rival racing circuit, to debut when team contracts are up for renewal in 2008. Kirch spokesman Hartmut Schulz insists, "Carmakers know they would not have a strong platform with a second series." But an industry insider says the automakers are "deadly serious" and are already trying to lure racing stars to their new league...