The 2007 Power List of Automotive World

[Ingolstadt]

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Power List 2007

1. Fujio Cho
2. Rick Wagoner
3. Ferdinand Piech
4. Wendelin Wiedeking
5. Chris Bangle
6. Jim Press
7. Bob Lutz
8. Martin Winterkorn
9. Carlos Ghosn
10. Dieter Zetsche
11. Don Esmond
12. Jim Farley
13. Ed Welburn
14. Wolfgang Durheimer
15. Mark LaNeve
16. Kenichiro Fuse
17. Alan Mulally
18. Roger Penske
19. John Krafcik
20. Flavio Briatore
21. Kevin Wale
22. Mark Fields
23. Hau-Thai Tang
24. Bryan Nesbitt
25. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
26. J Mays
27. Peter Horbury
28. Walter Da Silva
29. Kazunori Yamauchi
30. Takeo Fukui
31. Jean Todt
32. Michael Mauer
33. Dave Rand
34. Jim Taylor
35. Ulrich Bez
36. Anne Asensio
37. Martin Smith
38. Tom Stephens
39. Carroll Shelby
40. Clay Dean
41. Anna Kretz
42. Ulrich Eichhorn
43. Jim Queen
44. Tom LaSorda
45. William Clay Ford Jr.
46. Tom Peters
47. Mong-Koo Chung
48. Jay Leno
49. Craig Jackson
50. Chip Foose

[baddabang]

If everyone hates Chris Bangles cars so much than why does he get number 5?

Foose>Bangle

[Ferrer]

If everyone hates Chris Bangles cars so much than why does he get number 5?

Because he is important... in a bad way...

[scottie300z]

If everyone hates Chris Bangles cars so much than why does he get number 5?

Foose>Bangle

In my opinion Foose isnt that great, atleast from what ive seen all of his designs are similar and not that original. Atleast Bangle put it out there instead of copying the same retro style over and over again.

[Ingolstadt]

The thing with Bangle is that, with every 1 person that knows him and hates him, he made another 2 that DON'T KNOW him, bought his creations.

[nota]

#48 Jay Leno wtf?

[Cyco]

20. Flavio Briatore
25. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Are they serious?

[Leo_Ant]

Well, I understand most of the list, and I think Bangle is a good 5th. You may not like his work but you don't ignore him. And that makes all the difference.

[Ingolstadt]

#48 Jay Leno wtf?

20. Flavio Briatore
25. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Are they serious?

I guess theres only a handful of car manufacturers that had great effects on the industry as a whole, and the players behind them, or the credits will always go straight to the top. Most that are doing their job were laid discreet. Hence a list of 50, is really too much.

If i were to alter that list abit, Bush and Blair would be there. If not for them, 4x4s will still be selling the lot, petrol would still cost roughly the same before the 2nd gulf wars. Petrol or Bio Ethanol, Cayenne or Prius, it's all up to them.