Before long, we shall be ‘on the loose’, released from one turbulent climate into another. As I begin to take account of the fastest and most demanding two years of my life, I notice what a great adventure the trials and tribulations of this Masters degree became. With optimism, I hope that the shaken world of automotive design is as frustrating, challenging and satisfying as this one has been; for as Chesterton said, “an inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered”.