Russell Carr

Russell Carr is a British car designer and was appointed head of design of Lotus Cars in 2014.

Career

Russell studied Industrial Design transportation at Coventry Polytechnic, graduating in 1988. He started work at the Coventry-based MGA Developments[1] before he joined Lotus in 1990 and worked on a number of projects before being appointed head of design in November 2014, replacing Donato Coco.[2] When the Chinese Geely acquired Lotus in 2017, Carr remained in charge of sports car design, but reporting to Peter Horbury,[3] who he previously worked with in the late 1980s at MGA.[4]

Designs
Lotus Evora

References
  1. "Steve Cropley". Autocar. 28 March 2018.
  2. "RUSSELL CARR APPOINTED HEAD OF DESIGN FOR LOTUS". Lotus. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. "Lotus SUV will put brand in 'more luxury' market". Autocar. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. "Peter Horbury: the British designer behind fast-growing Geely". Autocar. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. "New design chief at Lotus". Car. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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