John Lynker / Golden Gear Award
Each year, WAPA honors notable individuals or companies in the auto industry with the John Lynker / Golden Gear Award. The 2010 recipient is Alan Mulally, President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company.
John Lynker / Golden Gear
Award Winners
| 2009 | John Lynker/Golden Gear Awards to Tom Purves for bringing the MINI to the United States, Henrik Fisker for automotive design, and Roger Penske for lifetime achievement. |
| 2008 | Larry Burns, GM vice president of R&D, for fuel-cell development. Lynker Award to OnStar. |
| 2007 | Golden Gear (posthumously) to Robert P. McCurry, former head of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Lynker Award to NHTSA. |
| 2006 | Golden Gear to Brian O’Neill, president of Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Lynker Award to Honda for pedestrian and vehicle safety. |
| 2005 | Golden Gear to Mary Ann Wright, chief engineer for Ford Escape Hybrid. Lynker Award to Continental Teves/Mercedes for ESP. |
| 2004 | Golden Gear to Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan. Lynker Award to Toyota Prius/Hybrid Synergy Drive System. |
| 2003 | Golden Gear to Jack Fitzgerald, auto dealer, Fitzgerald Auto Malls. Lynker Award to Honda Civic Hybrid. |
| 2002 | Golden Gear to Robert A. Lutz, automaker executive. |
| 2001 | Golden Gear to Richard Parry-Jones, head of Ford product development. |
| 2000 | Golden Gear to Mike Dale, president of Jaguar North America. |
| 1999 | Golden Gear to Tom Gale, design chief for DaimlerChrysler. |
| 1998 | Golden Gear to Jack Telnack, design chief of Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable. |
| 1997 | Golden Gear to General Motors for safety innovations. |
| 1996 | Golden Gear to Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.). |
| 1995 | Golden Gear to W. Edwards Deming, business-manufacturing consultant. |
| 1994 | Golden Gear to Honda’s Marysville Ohio Auto Plant. |
| 1993 | Golden Gear to Saturn Corp. |
| 1992 | Golden Gear to Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda. |
| 1991 | Golden Gear to John W. Hetrick, designer of patented air bag. |
| 1990 | Golden Gear to Mazda Miata design team. |
| 1989 | Golden Gear to Helen Kahn, Automotive News journalist. |
| 1988 | Golden Gear to Carroll Shelby, racing legend and vehicle designer. |
| 1987 | Golden Gear to J.D. Power, founder of J.D. Power and Associates. |
Upcoming Meetings & Events
2010 Calendar
Street Dreams Antique Car Show
Sunday, September 5, 2010 is the date for the next Street Dreams invitational antique car show. The event, featuring vehicles that have been the subject of articles by Vern Parker, will be at Spring Hill Recreation Center in McLean, Va. The free, five-hour car show starts at 10 a.m. Spring Hill Recreation Center is located at the intersection of Spring Hill Road and Lewinsville Road.
September 15, Audi
Noon, National Press Club
Marc Trahan, Director of After Sales and Technical Service, Audi of America, will give a presentation on the fabulous new A8 as well as other Audi news. Lunch provided by Audi. Reservations required.
October 17
WAPA Rally
October 20
Jim Colon, Vice President, Toyota Product Communications, comes to the National Press Club
November tbd
December 15
General Motors joins WAPA
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