Hans Ledwinka selected in the European Autom. Hall of Fame!
Napísané: 08 Jan 2007, 00:30
HANS LEDWINKA SELECTED IN THE EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME
Back in 2005, http://www.tatraworld.nl and its editor Kees Smit took the initiative to get Hans Ledwinka, the famous Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau, Steyr and Ringhoffer-Tatra engineer, a well deserved place in the European Automotive Hall of Fame.
Seeking support, http://www.tatraworld.nl started a poll where visitors could vote whether Ledwinka belonged in the European Automotive Hall of Fame. The results were astonishing. More than 5350 visitors (87%) supported the idea while close to 800 visitors (12%) voted against. Nearly 400 visitors took the opportunity to leave a comment.
The selection panel of the European Automotive Hall of Fame, which consists of retired CEOs and other former auto executives, chooses each year from a list of some 75 personalities who contributed in a major way to the European industry.
Regrettably, Ledwinka wasn’t selected in 2006. The honours went to others. However, w e are now proud to announce that the selection panel has voted to make Hans Ledwinka a member of the European Automotive Hall of Fame this very year.
The official induction will take place at a special gala dinner at the Hotel InterContinental in Geneva on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. The other inductees this year will be: Bela Barenyi, Walter Bentley and Bruno Sacco.
The official announcement will be done on January 8th 2007 by Automotive News Europe. Website: http://www.autonews.com/
More information you can get from the Hall of Fame website: http://www.autohalloffame.org.
Back in 2005, http://www.tatraworld.nl and its editor Kees Smit took the initiative to get Hans Ledwinka, the famous Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau, Steyr and Ringhoffer-Tatra engineer, a well deserved place in the European Automotive Hall of Fame.
Seeking support, http://www.tatraworld.nl started a poll where visitors could vote whether Ledwinka belonged in the European Automotive Hall of Fame. The results were astonishing. More than 5350 visitors (87%) supported the idea while close to 800 visitors (12%) voted against. Nearly 400 visitors took the opportunity to leave a comment.
The selection panel of the European Automotive Hall of Fame, which consists of retired CEOs and other former auto executives, chooses each year from a list of some 75 personalities who contributed in a major way to the European industry.
Regrettably, Ledwinka wasn’t selected in 2006. The honours went to others. However, w e are now proud to announce that the selection panel has voted to make Hans Ledwinka a member of the European Automotive Hall of Fame this very year.
The official induction will take place at a special gala dinner at the Hotel InterContinental in Geneva on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. The other inductees this year will be: Bela Barenyi, Walter Bentley and Bruno Sacco.
The official announcement will be done on January 8th 2007 by Automotive News Europe. Website: http://www.autonews.com/
More information you can get from the Hall of Fame website: http://www.autohalloffame.org.