Motor Trend editors selected the top 50 people who have shaped the global auto industry in 2007 and are poised to do so for the future. Motor Trend’s 2008 Power List ranks these players by influence and impact on the automotive landscape and highlights the significant contributions that earned them a place on the list.
The top ten honourees on Motor Trend’s 2008 Power List include:
1 Rick Wagoner – General Motors Chairman and CEO
2 Fujio Cho – Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman
3 Ferdinand Piech – Volkswagen AG Supervisory Board Chief
4 Bob Lutz – GM Vice Chairman, Global Product and Development
5 Martin Winterkorn – Volkswagen AG Chairman
6 Chris Bangle – BMW Design Group Chief
7 Wendelin Wiedeking – Porsche AG Executive Board Chairman, Chief Executive Director
8 Ed Welburn – GM Vice President for Global Design
9 Fritz Henderson (“Rookie of the Year”) – GM Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer
10 Walter Da Silva – VW Group Design Chief
3 honourees in the ten first belong are designers, all the 7 others are chairmen
