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nd after a stellar 23- with the virtual collapse of sev- Most of all Stavros is looking
year career in Europe what has been an annus horri- cars a year is a personal goal. eral large car firms has led S- forward to pushing hard a
with a number of car bilus for the world car indus- And he has plenty of form tavros to predict a radically d- large number of product
brands, he was originally as- try, the affable Stavros is leav- on the sales front, having tur- ifferent future for personal launches in the next three
signed by BMW to lead its ing nothing to chance as he bocharged Alfa-Romeo sales mobility. years that will include the new
Canadian operations but at starts to push down hard on and more recently ramping up You have the big players in tall X1, the GT5, X3 and X5
the last minute was diverted to the BMW accelerator. BMW sales in the static Greek the world financially devastat- and new cars in the 1, 3 and 6
be managing director in his While he doesnt specifically car market from 3800 in 2003 ed and they dont have money series ranges. There will even
native Australia. mention sales targets, it is to 8100 last year. to invest so how can they pro- be an electric motorbike and a
Now, after finding his feet clear that boosting local sales Sales of Mini and BMW mo- duce an innovative car? smaller version of the Mini, a-
after leading the local opera- past the previous 2008 record torbikes also roughly tripled He wont name them but S- mong others.
tions for six months through of 17,263 to more than 20,000 under his reign in Greece, tavros thinks some car makers From Herald Sun