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Mark Roberts is the Chief Creative Officer at Charge Cars, a company founded in 2016 in London. Their experienced team design and build vintage Mustangs in a unique, bespoke, and electrically powered way. Mark’s automotive career began at Lotus working with innovative, lightweight sports cars and GM concept cars before he joined McLaren and became a founder member of the design team that delivered the legendary McLaren F1. He worked on the Le Mans winning F1 GTR race-car and then went on to build and manage the design team that delivered all the contemporary McLaren supercars on the road today including the critically acclaimed P1, Senna and Speedtail models. Three years ago, Mark brought his automotive passion and experience to the Charge Cars team as Chief Creative Officer, responsible for building the Brand, the Design team and creating a unique Customer Journey.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • American Collectors Insurance • Autogeek • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
Gordon Murray was the one who gave Mark the opportunity to expand his career and experiences.
CHALLENGES
In the early days at Mclaren when they launched the car and Mark shares a story from that day that proved his ‘Can Do’ attitude was in need. Quite a fun story. Video of the car here: McLaren F1. Story about the car here: George Harrison F1
SPECIAL VEHICLES
Building a bespoke McLaren F1 for George Harrison of the Beatles
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murikami
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Always focus on the positives and you’ll find solutions.
WHERE TO FIND MARK
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