Jo Lewis never planned on working in the automotive industry. Now she's in charge of designing some of the most expensive – and beautiful – supercars on the planet.
Jo Lewis never planned on working in the automotive industry. Now she's in charge of designing some of the most expensive -- and beautiful -- supercars on the planet.Hired away from Lotus to work for competitor McLaren in 2016, Lewis oversees the exterior and interior production of every McLaren model, from the sports series to the ultimate series.
"When I joined McLaren it wasn't really a department," she said."We were a young manufacturing company generating new ideas." The perfect example is the Speedtail. The futuristic McLaren, of which only 106 were made, needed to stand out from the other cars McLaren hand-builds at its headquarters in Woking, England.
"Each car has its own character," she said."I look at the car holistically. Bringing functionality into the materials is important. It has to not just look good -- it needs to have function and be innovative." Another challenge for Lewis was overcoming the"arts and craft" stereotype that followed her burgeoning career in automotive.
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