Toyota’s president and chief executive Akio Toyoda has been named man of the year by Autocar magazine’s editor-in-chief Steve Cropley.
“Toyota started the year in a difficult position, yet Akio Toyoda has brought redemption to the company after a succession of damaging safety scares, then launched an extremely aspirational and impressive ‘halo’ car, the Toyota GT86,” said Cropley. “Akio Toyoda, Autocar’s man of the year, is definitely the right man for the job.”
Akio Toyoda.
Akio was the top man, with the runners up being:
Gerry McGovern – Land Rover design chief
Alan Mulally – Ford president and chief executive
Adrian Newey – F1 – Red Bull
Alex Zanardi – Paraolympian – 2 golds and 2 silvers in 2012
Lord Charles – March Goodwood
Ratan Tata – Chairman Tata group
Andy Green – World’s fastest man
Dr Martin Winterkorn – Chairman of the board of management, Volkswagen AG
Charles Morgan – Morgan chairman
