Winkler has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry.
Bentley Motors said that Michael Winkler would become President and Chief Executive Officer of Bentley Motors Inc., a regional office for Bentley Motors in the Americas, on 1 April 2015. He succeeds Christophe Georges, who was recently appointed Director of Product and Marketing for Bentley globally.
The Americas region is the largest Bentley market in the world, delivering 3,186 cars during 2014, up from the 2013 number of 3,140.
This accounted for 29% of total global deliveries. There are 53 Bentley dealerships throughout the Americas, with the corporate headquarters based in Herndon, Virginia.
Winkler has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry, holding a number of international positions, at working with Porsche in Germany, North America and Australia. He joins Bentley from Jaguar Land Rover, where he held the position of Managing Director of the company’s Australian division.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
