David Bache
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David Ernest Bache (June 14, 1925 – November 26, 1994) was a British car designer. For much of his career he worked with Rover.
Bache was born in Worcestershire, the son of Aston Villa and England footballer Joe Bache. In 1948 he joined Austin as an apprentice moving to Rover's styling office in 1954. Although he did some work on the P4 his first real commission was the P5.[1]
In 1981 he left what had then become Leyland to set up his own design company David Bache Associates. The longest-lived of his designs was the Land Rover. Bache styled the Series II Land Rover in 1958 (the original model of 1948 having no 'styling' to speak of). This design is still used (with a few detail changes) in the current Land Rover Defender.
[edit] Some of his cars
- Rover P5
- Land Rover Series II
- Rover P6
- 1964 Rover-BRM gas turbine car (with William Towns)
- Range Rover
- Rover SD1
- Austin Maestro
[edit] References
- ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
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