In the past couple of years, Holt has reached a new level of personal prominence via Multimatic’s involvement in super-sophisticated, low-volume supercar projects such as Aston Martin’s One-77 and Vulcan, and the latest Ford GT – both the Le Mans-winning racer and the 1000 road-going models now being built. Work on Mercedes-AMG’s Project One is proceeding, too, somewhere away from prying eyes.