The People
Drivers, engineers, designers, founders. The human hands behind every machine worth remembering.
Aikawa Yoshisuke
Japanese industrialist who built the Nihon Sangyo conglomerate that became Nissan Motor.
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna was a Brazilian Formula One driver who won three World Drivers’ Championships. He raced for Toleman, Lotus, McLaren and Williams between 1984…
Bruce McLaren
New Zealand racing driver and engineer who founded the McLaren racing team in 1963.
Eiji Toyoda
Longtime Toyota president and chairman who championed the Toyota Production System and launched Lexus in 1989.
Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari was the Italian founder of Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari. His career moved from racing driver to organiser, company founder and defining authority…
Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian-born engineer who designed the Volkswagen Beetle and founded the consultancy that became Porsche.
Horacio Pagani
Argentine-Italian designer and engineer who founded Pagani Automobili in 1992 after working at Lamborghini.
Karl Rapp
German engineer who founded the aero-engine company that was reorganized into BMW.
Kiichiro Toyoda
Japanese engineer who founded Toyota Motor Corporation in 1937, building it from his family's loom-machinery fortune.