Top Execs of Car Companies Like BMW, Cadillac, Jaguar, Some GM Dept Heads, and Other Top Dogs Were Asked About Their First Cars, Surprisingly Most Were Ordinary

Bob Ferguson, now head of Cadillac, drove a 1976 Mustang II, powered by a 302-cc V8 engine.
 Bill Peffer, Cadillac's U.S. VP of sales and service, also started off with a Ford, a 1987 Mustang GT.
Andy Goss of Britain, now president of Jaguar Land Rover North America, had a 1981 Mini, in russet brown. 
CEO of BMW North America Ludwig Willisch had a 1958 Beetle, about 20 years old by the time he got his hands on it. It was not a unique choice, he said: "In my generation, the probability of driving a Beetle is very high, because at that time Beetle had about 50% market share," he explained. "Especially for poor students, it had close to 100% market share."
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