THEIR FUTURE IS IN HIS HANDS: Ian Minards is tasked with steering the resurgence of Aston Martin in the global luxury car market

摘要

Aston Martin's director of product development, Ian Minards, has seen the iconic brand from all possible angles. After graduating from Birmingham University with a mechanical engineering degree, he spent seven years working on prototype builds at Jaguar, most notably the XK8 project. After a short spell in consulting he moved to Aston's former HQ at Newport Pagnell to run the 'works service' division, which allowed owners to have their cars serviced or even completely restored. At the time, Aston's production consisted of V-cars - the models derived from the original, rather brutal 1989 Virage - and DB7s, built at the Bloxham factory in Oxfordshire.