AOL, or America On Line is one of the most important internet service providers, having more than 50 million subscribers worldwide.
So it has to be more than a compliment for someone to be putted in the Top 50 All-Time Most Influential People in the Automotive Industry.
I am speaking about the CEO of Group Lotus, Mike Kimberly, who was highly rated by AOL as number 13 in the Top 50 All-Time Most Influential People in the Automotive Industry.
“The company has a clear strategic direction for the future and has returned to its
philosophical roots as a lean, focused and highly motivated cars and high technology
engineering business which, I’m sure is a key fact to Lotus featuring so highly in the AOL poll”, declared Kimberley, as a response to AOL poll.

Group Lotus and CEO Mike Kimberley in Top

The “Power 100”, a supplement in the Eastern Daily Press, the East Anglican regional newspaper featured in 7th position Mike and Lotus, in the list competing with the region’s major business and industry.


“Our third party high technology engineering business is one of the most successful and
prolific in our industry and has an enviable global reputation”, said Mike Kimberley.
The main operating subsidiary of Group Lotus plc is Lotus Cars Ltd, which has two operating divisions: Lotus Engineering and Lotus Cars.
Lotus Engineering is an internationally recognized automotive engineering consultancy based in Norfolk, UK. Its global facilities include those in Michigan, USA and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and offices in Germany and China.
Lotus Engineering provides comprehensive and versatile consultancy services to many of the world’s OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, offering a full engineering service from initial concept and project design through development and integration of the complete vehicle to meet all worldwide markets and customers to full production. This includes third party ‘niche vehicle’ engineering and manufacture worldwide. Lotus Cars builds and sells Lotus sports cars, Elise, Exige and Europa for global sale and manufactures the advanced composite front and rear crash structures for the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish.

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