[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Anyone interested in Britain's sports car industry will find Oliver Winterbottom's biography A Life In Car Design a fascinating read.

Oliver's career began as a Jaguar apprentice in the 1960's, where he graduated to the drawing office. From there he moved to Lotus, where he was responsible for design of the Elite/Éclat range. He was to return to Lotus (more than once!) but after that he was responsible for the wedge-era TVR's, followed by spells in the US & China.

For an engineer, Oliver makes a great writer - he pulls no punches & tells it as it is (always has, always will!). Well worth getting hold of a copy.

Thanks for the recommendation John, that sounds like my kind of read.