Podcast appearances and mentions of peter horbury

In this episode, Mandy is joined by Scott Collie and William Stopford to discuss the latest in automotive news and what's happening at CarExpert's offices around Australia. In car news: Automotive designer Peter Horbury has passed away Mercedes-Benz has revealed its replacement for two-door C-Class and E-Class models GWM has fired its volley into the electric car price war with big cuts on the Ora hatchback Hyundai has confirmed local launch timing for the Tucson Hybrid Scott Collie discusses his launch review of the Hyundai Kona, and the panel discusses June's VFACTS results and CarExpert's massive year in the video space. Where to find the CarExpert Podcast You can find the CarExpert Podcast on your favourite podcast platform. If in doubt, simply click on the RSS feed below, or follow the links to the Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts applications to subscribe. CarExpert Podcast RSS Feed CarExpert Podcast on Apple Podcasts CarExpert Podcast on Google Podcasts CarExpert Podcast on Spotify CarExpert Podcast on Podbean

#437 Lotus Eletre Launch. Gareth, Alex Goy & Richard Porter attend the launch of the new Lotus “Hyper SUV”. We react to the car's appearance, talk to the car's creators, and meet Jenson Button and Elisa Artioli.

FOLLOW UP: PARIS SPEED CAMERAS RUNNING INTO PROBLEMSThe unpopular reduction of the speed limit in Paris has meant that some runners are being caught by the City's speed cameras, exceeding the 30km/h limit. In a promotional and clever stunt the running shop DISTANCE has teamed up with professional athletes to get caught at night triggering the cameras. To read more, click The Connexion article here. NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES FOR AUGUST 2021The August figures for New Car Registrations have been revealed by SMMT and they are predictably poor. Through a combination of supply and Covid issues, SMMT tells us are the reasons behind the worst August since 2013. To find out more, click here for the SMMT article. HYUNDAI LATEST TO ANNOUNCE ALL-ELECTRIC FLEET FROM 2035Hyundai is the latest manufacturer to announce when they will be electric only, in Europe. From 2035 they will only sell EV or hydrogen powered vehicles. They also aim to be carbon neutral from 2045. To find out more, click the YesAuto article here. In their drive, pun intended, to get help the public understand hydrogen and the potential for it better, they will be making efforts to ‘popularise hydrogen', with one tactic to release a 671hp hydrogen powered sports car. To find out more, click here for the Autocar article. FUEL PRICE 20P PER LITRE MORE THAN LAST YEARShocking news from the petrol retail industry, the price of fuel has not risen in August, however, we are still paying more than 20p per litre over last year's prices. As we all holidayed in the UK this summer they didn't need to put the price up to exploit the motorist. To find out more, click the Motoring Research article here. CONNECTED KERB INSTALLS 22 CHARGING POINTS IN LAMBETH22 roadside charging points have been installed in Lambeth, as part of a project to demonstrate how affordable public charging can be set up and accessed by all. The 7kW units utilise contactless payment, via the company's app. To find out more, click here for the Fleet News article. ——————————————————————————-If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST——————————————————————————-NEW NEW CAR NEWSHyundai Casper This is a funky, small SUV along the lines of the Suzuki Ignis. The engine is the same 1.0 MPI and T—GDI engines found in the i10. Just because it is small does not mean it isn't designed with practicality in mind, clever touches show the company has thought through how it will be used. The bad news is that it is not coming to the UK. We say “Boo” and indeed “Hiss” to Hyundai for not brining this cute car to our shores. To find out more on what we'll be missing out on, click the Autocar article here. Dacia JoggerDacia has revealed their first 7-seater vehicle, the Jogger. A design that has elements of estate, SUV and MPV the well priced car will look to entice those who have larger families or maybe run a 5-a-side team. Expected to start around £15,000, with three engine options, this practical car will be attractive to those who prefer a more no frills approach to motoring. To find out more, click here for the Autocar article. Cupra UrbanRebelThe UrbanRebel is a concept car, that will be the basis for a road-going electric hatch from the Spanish brand. Whilst the concept car is outrageously over-styled, this does demonstrate the importance of urban EVs to the VW Group. To read more, click the Autocar article here. Munich Mobility Show Round-up To catch up on the news from the Munich Mobility Show, click here for the Autocar article. DESIGNERS MOOD BOARD: PETER HORBURY NOW SENIOR VP OF DESIGN FOR GROUP LOTUSPeter Horbury has moved from Geely Auto Group, where he was vice president of design, to Group Lotus to be senior vice president of design. This really looks like Lotus are being given every tool possible to make the brand as successful as possible. To read more, click the Group Lotus press release here. DESIGNERS MOOD BOARD: STEFAN SIELAFF VP OF GLOBAL DESIGN FOR GEELYFollowing the departure of Peter Horbury, Geely have appointed Stefan Sielaff, the former head of Bentley design, as vice president of global design. He will oversee the brands including Geely Auto, Geometry, Lynk&Co and Zeekr. For more information, click here for the Autocar article. LUNCHTIME READ: TRANSPORT FOR NORTH BOSS CALLS FOR DEBATE ON RAISING COST OF DRIVINGBefore you go howling off about the headline, remember it is the Motoring Podcast that is recommending this article. Ignoring the headline and taking a breath, the article is actually very interesting and raises some points we are going to have to come to terms with. We really encourage you to read it with an open mind. Click The Guardian link here. As a counter to this, you can read a reply from Autocar, by clicking this link here. LIST OF THE WEEK: CRAZY CONCEPTS FROM THE JET AGEAutocar has produced a list that brims with complete optimism at the potential of humans and ignores what aerodynamics are actually about. Click the link here then pick your favourite car and share with the chaps via Twitter. AND FINALLY: HOT WHEELS WANTS TO MAKE A UK CAR INTO A MODELHot Wheels is running a competition, where they will build a die-cast model version of someone from the UK's car. That is AMAZING! To find out more about the competition, click the Elan PR link here. To go straight to the competition, click the Hot Wheels Legends Tour link here.

Geely Executive Vice President of Design Peter Horbury is concerned that some auto designs are getting hit with the "ugly stick," especially in Asia. He explains why.

Peter Horbury became one of the first high-profile Western designers to work for a Chinese company when Chairman Li Shufu appointed him to lead the Geely design team in 2011. At that time, Geely's design department consisted of "a small handful of people." Today, Geely designers number in the hundreds and operate in several time zones. Geely is not alone. Companies like Xpeng, NIO, BYD and Great Wall are also building up world-class design teams with operations in Europe and the United States. Inside China, several hundred western-trained car designers are working at Chinese private and state-owned enterprises. In this episode, Peter Horbury shares the story of how Geely came to embrace design as a key differentiator. Peter also describes how quickly Chinese firms have narrowed the gap with global companies on design and quality.

Peter Horbury is more or less synonym with Geely Design that started as a seed six years ago with less than 10 people. They have now grown to a global design organisation present on three different continents with more than 900 employees. Peter and I meet at his office in Lindholmen, Gothenburg and spoke about the incredible success for Geely Auto and the part that Design has played. Geely Design is now responsible for the design of next generation Lotus cars and this is sort of dream coming true for Peter. We also talk about possible synergies in the Geely group and how we can learn from each other. Welcome to the conversation.

Three top automotive designers including Peter Horbury from Geely, Ken Parkinson of GM Shanghai and Chery Automobile’s James Hope, join John McElroy on the floor of the Beijing Auto Show to discuss the challenges of creating cars for the Chinese automotive market.

Three top automotive designers including Peter Horbury from Geely, Ken Parkinson of GM Shanghai and Chery Automobile’s James Hope, join John McElroy on the floor of the Beijing Auto Show to discuss the challenges of creating cars for the Chinese automotive market.

In this week's episode of The garage you will meet the legendary designer Peter Horbury. Peter was responsible for the modernization of Volvo's design starting in the early 90s and was then our head designer until 2002 when he moved to Ford in North America. After a brief comeback as Volvo's design director in 2009, Peter is now responsible for the design of Geely’s cars. The success has not been waiting to come, and in 2016 a domestic car in China was for the first time in history elected to be “The Car of the Year in China" and it was Peter Horbury Geely creation GC9 who won this prestigious price. We talk about everything from corporate cultures to leadership and how it is to create a completely new design profile for a new car with extremely short history. We also talk about how we can separate the design language for the two brands Geely and Volvo, as we now share the common CMA platform. Welcome to the conversation!

Buick has been on a winning streak, but how will the brand keep it up? Well, marketing is sure to play a big role in GM's strategy, and to that end we've invited the Product Marketing Director for Buick, Roger McCormack, to join us this week. You can bet we'll also get to the hot topics of the moment including host John McElroy's impressions from the Frankfurt Motor Show -- he's got news about designer Peter Horbury and Valeo's tiny lidar sensor. Plus, some racing scuttlebutt: Juan Pablo Montoya will be making his return to IndyCars next year with Penske Racing. All that and much more as John is joined by Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and Mark Phelan from the Detroit Free Press.

This week Robbie came to the realization that the Jeep Grand Cherokee L is a great vehicle for anyone with a Daft Punk cover band. Nicole drove a pair of Nissan Zs back to back with automatic and manual transmissions and Sam spent the week with the highest end Volkswagen Taos.In the news, Nicole got to sample Buick's new entry level model, the Envista and wonders what all the hubub is about with the engine. Fiat is doing what all automakers are doing and will no longer produce grey cars, opting for color instead. The VW ID Buzz debuted in Austin in automated driving form. The Ford Maverick is no longer our cheap vehicle of choice, because Ford has chosen to absorb the markups that dealers have been charging. Mercedes-Benz is going with NACS and Sam defends automakers that are going with the Tesla connector. We also say so long to designer Peter Horbury and answer some more listener questions.LinksBuick EnvistaNo more grey FiatsVW launches ID Buzz AV in AustinNo more standard hybrid for MaverickMercedes chooses NACSIn support of switching to NACSRIP Peter HorburyOur Sponsors:* Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/WHEELBEARINGSAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy