John Roderick Ward Mansfield (born 29 May 1934)Companies House is a British engineer and business executive, influencing British motorsport, and ultimately many British boy racers.
Early life Mansfield belonged to the 750 Motor Club.
Career Ford He created the Special Vehicle Engineering (SVE) department at the Dunton Technical Centre in Essex in 1980,Ford of Europe and ran it until 1990. It produced the more-powerful roadworthy versions of the Ford Sierra.Independent October 1995
Dieter Hahne took over the department in January 1991; he had been manager of the Medium Cars programme for Ford.Cambridge Weekly News Thursday 24 January 1991, page 25
Lotus Mansfield became Managing Director of Lotus Cars on 14 August 1995, when Lotus was owned by Bugatti, who had bought the company from General Motors in 1993.Independent October 1995 He left Lotus in February 1996.Autonews 1996 Group Lotus employed around 900 people at its Norfolk factory.
Personal life Mansfield lives in Little Burstead in Essex. He married Valerie Jones in 1958 in Surrey.
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External links Motorsport Magazine