Tony Lewis
Biography
Anthony (Tony) Lewis began his journalism career as a trainee reporter at the Bucks Free Press, received a National Council for Training of Journalists (NCTJ) qualification and trained as a sub-editor at Eastern Counties Newspapers, Norwich.
From 1974 to 1987 he worked on the Western Daily Press, Bristol in a variety of senior editorial roles culminating as night editor. In 1979, Tony added the role of motoring correspondent and remained the paper's motoring man for 25 years.
From 1987 to 2002 he was a freelance focused mostly on the car industry, working in senior editorial roles at Diesel Car magazine, Automotive Management, Automotive International, Automotive News International and as editor of the FT Business publication Automotive Components Analyst. He also worked as a freelance editorial consultant for British Aerospace's Airbus division for three years, which included speech writing for senior Airbus executives.
Since 2002, Lewis has been a director of Interchange Europe, a partnership formed with colleague Chris Wright to pool their freelance resources for a series of one-off projects. These included numerous FT Management Reports on the global auto industry, mostly focusing on Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.
The partnership developed a life of its own with a number of corporate clients using the partners’ expertise to help formulate their communication strategy. These included Delphi, Nissan Europe and Toyota Europe.
Interchange Europe provides news stories about the auto industry to newspapers, magazines and websites and also writes, edits and produce newsletters for various clients using a well-established network of writers, photographers and designers.
Articles by Tony Lewis
JAPAN: Smaller Denso condenser boosts efficiency
15 May 2012
A condenser that is 30% smaller and 20% lighter than previous models has been developed by Denso and launched with Toyota’s new Corolla which went on sale earlier this month.
CHINA: Fire stops Beijing Hyundai production for a month
10 May 2012
Hyundai Motor expects to lose an estimated 30,000 units of production following a fire at its Beijing Hyundai assembly plant. No one was injured but it is likely to take at least a month to get the plant operational again.
GERMANY: Audi eyes 1.5m target early
10 May 2012
Volkswagen group luxury brand Audi could be selling 1.5m cars a year before its original target date of 2015 because of continuing demand in China, the USA and Russia, the annual shareholder meeting in Ingolstadt heard on Thursday.
US: AAM sees sales rise 16.4%
2 May 2012
POLAND: Lear eyes new factory
2 May 2012
CHINA: Infiniti sales network grows 50%
2 May 2012
SOUTH KOREA: Kia K9 ramps up the luxury
2 May 2012
JAPAN: GM ‘eyeing stake in Isuzu’
30 April 2012
GERMANY: Daimler extends Bernhard’s contract
30 April 2012
INDIA: Maruti Suzuki reaches export milestone
30 April 2012
BEIJING: Honda’s local concepts could go global
24 April 2012
BEIJING: Renault teams up with Dongfeng
24 April 2012
US: Alfa’s return moves closer
24 April 2012
INTERVIEW: PSA Chairman Thierry Peugeot
12 April 2012
JAPAN: Toyota IMV platform hits 5m
12 April 2012
UK SALES: March volume up as private buyers return
5 April 2012
JAPAN: Honda Jazz gets stop-start
5 April 2012
IRAN: Hyundai halts operations
3 April 2012
SWEDEN: Saab creditors 'owed USD2bn'
3 April 2012
HUNGARY: New car sales up 22% in Q1
3 April 2012
JAPAN: Daihatsu to end Copen production
3 April 2012
MEXICO: Honda starts work on 2014 factory
29 March 2012
JAPAN: Overseas output up 25% in February
29 March 2012
FRANCE: Peugeot ‘in talks with Toyota’
29 March 2012
FRANCE: PSA looks to broaden alliance with GM
27 March 2012
JAPAN: Car industry boost to earthquake region
27 March 2012
SOUTH AFRICA: First Isuzu pick-ups shipped to Kenya
13 March 2012
