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According to foreign media reports, Rolls-Royce chief designer Joseph Caban (Jozef Kaban) left, he took office only six months.

In April 2019, BMW appointed Joseph Caban to replace the outgoing Giles Taylor as design director of Rolls-Royce, who joined the Chinese brand FAW. Joseph Caban worked as a designer at BMW for two years before leaving Rolls-Royce.

Torsten Muller-Otvos, chief executive of Rolls-Royce, said in a statement: "although Caban has worked at Rolls-Royce for a short time, we thank him for his contribution during his tenure. We wish him all the best in the future. " Rolls-Royce said that Caban left the company to pursue other careers and will announce his replacement in due course.

Joseph Caban, 46, became famous during his time at Volkswagen, where he created a number of classic models. After graduating from the Royal School of Design in London, Caban began his career at Volkswagen in 1999, working on the design of the $1.1 million Bugatti supercar, and has since worked in the Volkswagen Group. Caban was appointed Audi Design Director in 2007 and Skoda Design Director a year later, including Skoda Mingrui and Kodiak. In February 2017, Kaban chose to leave and announced that he would join BMW Group as BMW brand design director. Until April 2019, Kaban replaced the outgoing Giles Taylor as Rolls-Royce design director.

It is also the second Rolls-Royce design director to leave in the past 16 months.

It is worth mentioning that Giles Taylor, former Rolls-Royce Design Director, joined FAW in September 2018 as vice president and chief creative officer of global design, responsible for the styling creativity and design experience of Red Flag and FAW brands in China. During his eight years at Rolls-Royce, Taylor led the design of important models such as Phantom, Obsidian, Phantom, and Rolls-Royce's first SUV, the Cullinan. Its joining the FAW Red Flag will directly enhance the model design of the Red Flag brand.

At present, the whereabouts of Joseph Kaban's departure is unknown.

According to the data, the global sales of the ultra-luxury brand Rolls-Royce in 2018 was 4107, up 22.2% from a year earlier. It grew by more than 40% in China, accounting for 20% of Rolls-Royce sales, and 30% in North America and 20% in Europe.

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