Carpet-baggers or Car Guys?
Managing auto companies has bounced back and forth between car guys and carpet-baggers, whose who barged in from unrelated industries. Karl Ludvigsen presents some examples so you can judge.
John Bentley was a shrewd, active and amiable Brit who made America his home, writing books and articles and racing actively at Sebring and Le Mans in Cooper, Lotus, OSCA and Abarth cars. John was a motorhead with a lot on the ball. In the 1950s he offered his considerable car-guy abilities to one of the Big Three in Detroit. “You’re much too interested…
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