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Meet the Judges

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Meet the judges and the judges' advisors of Australia's Best Cars for 2009:

Daniel Wood  Trich Ewing  Lindy George  Simon Mikedis  Nicholas Platt

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Nick Platt



Nicholas Platt
Judges' Advisor
Vehicle Programs Engineer
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria - RACV

As a judges' advisor, Nicholas looks after vehicle pricing, depreciation and vehicle specifications as well as controlling and refining the scoring database. Nick also writes the occasional road test for the RACV club magazine Royal Auto.

Nicholas joined RACV in 2007 after 13 years as a Design Engineer within the car industry starting at Jaguar in the UK, working on advanced vehicle systems. Following a five year stint at Holden, Nic's last position was as a Manufacturing Engineer at Ford Australia helping make the FG Falcon a reality. At RACV Nicholas looks after many other vehicle related projects including ANCAP and the Used Car Safety Ratings.

Nick holds a BSc in Manufacturing Systems Engineering and has a keen interest in automotive history as well as restoring vintage car parts.

 

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