David Pook is a specialist in vehicle dynamics, having worked previously for JLR SVO Division bringing you cars such as the Project 8. He founded Life 110 to bring that knowledge and consequently products to the Alpine A110.

Life 110: https://www.instagram.com/alpine_life110

https://life110.co.uk

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

02:29 - What is Vehicle Dynamics

10:40 - Designing Cars for Local Roads

18:50 - David’s Career in Vehicle Dynamics

26:09 - Modelling Ride and Handling

42:19 - What was the Ethos of JLR SVO

59:17 - Life110

1:16:16 - Perfecting the A110

1:30:03 - Jaguar Project 8

1:35:42 - The Future of Life110

1:39:25 - 5 Questions

Gavan Kershaw is the Director of Attributes and Product Integrity (Basically the man that makes sure a Lotus drives like a Lotus). We have a chat about all of the things that go into this process, the Evija hypercar and some of Gavan’s amusing stories from the test tracks along the way.

Hope you enjoy,

Sam,

Show Notes:

3:57 = The Evora GT4

7:41 = The benefits of having the test track right at the factory

9:34 = What's the process for developing a Lotus?

15:53 = If someone had a car and wanted to set it up on the track how would you go about it?

20:43 = Has this process been different on the Evija

27:13 = Driving the lotus F1 cars

32:40 = You've been involved in some group C racing?

38:20 = 5 Questions