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Q: The factory is being prepared to start making T.33 from 2024. Do you already know what follows that?

A:  “We’ve just started work on it, actually. It’s Project Three. T.50s is a derivative of T.50, of course, so after T.33 comes number three. We’re now into the up-front work – packaging and styling, for example. And of course, it’s more than clear that we’ll use the V12.”

Q: Gordon actually hinted a while back that the T.33 could be the last car without even mild-hybrid assistance on the V12. It sounds like the commitment remains strong anyhow?

A:  “Yes. I mean, we want to use it as much as possible because we’ve paid for its development and it’s unique to us, so we want to extract as much use as we can! As for hybrid, what I will tell you is that we will always comply with legislation and use the V12. Whether that ends up using whatever derivatives of technology to make that compliant, we will do it.”

Q: The investment here is significant, in a time when the future of the UK as a base for car manufacturing and engineering is being called into question. Does that bring pressures for you to grow at certain rate?

A: “Not at all. I’m not driven by the board saying ‘I want this level of turnover by whenever, or this profitability’. Honestly, the thing that Gordon I talk about the most is what the products will be.”

Q:  Is it fair to say, though, that with GMA’s exclusive approach to cars, the main growth will come from the Technologies side of the business?

A: “Yes, that’s true. It’s not just a division that services Automotive. It’s much more about external clients.”