Colin Chapman's approach to engineering:
“It really gets down to what making progress in any engineering field is all about. I think that progress comes, to a large extent, from a cross-pollination of ideas from other engineering fields and not just through having a blinkered approach to your own discipline. I like reading a lot on subjects other than racing. In fact, I think I get my ideas because I take in subconsciously a tremendous amount of information and design philosophies from other fields. You’ve got to have a pretty general sort of knowledge. That’s why I’m very interested in aviation and why I read all the aviation magazines.”
Colin Chapman
Founder of Lotus Cars, legendary motorsport engineer and designer
