“You haven’t seen the peak yet…” Gerry McGovern on life after JLR

Gerry McGovern is in his element, leaning back in a comfortable chair, clad in a characteristically colourful tailored blue jacket, holding forth on the minutiae of vehicle design and smiling a lot.

It’s as if nothing has changed since his Range Rover days. We’re in a large meeting room with a bunch of late-build prototypes visible through the glass wall. Just down the hall is a big design studio.