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David Ernest Bache (June 14, 1925 – November 26, 1994) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 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.






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David Ernest Bache (June 14, 1925 – November 26, 1994) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 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. He was married with two sons and one daughter.

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
Land Rover Series

The Land Rover Series I, II, and III are off-road vehicles produced by the British manufacturer Land Rover that were inspired by the US-built Willys Jeep....
. 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.

Some of his cars

  • Rover P5
    Rover P5

    The Rover P5 series was a group of large sedan and coup? automobiles produced from 1958 until 1973. It was a much larger car than the Rover P4 which it replaced....
  • Land Rover Series II
    Land Rover Series

    The Land Rover Series I, II, and III are off-road vehicles produced by the British manufacturer Land Rover that were inspired by the US-built Willys Jeep....
  • Rover P6
    Rover P6

    The Rover P6 series is a group of sedan cars produced from 1963 to 1977 Solihull, West Midlands , England. It was replaced by the Rover SD1. It was voted European Car of the Year in 1964....
  • 1964 Rover-BRM gas turbine car (with William Towns
    William Towns

    William Towns was a United Kingdom Automobile design.Towns began his training as a designer at Rootes in 1954, where he was mainly involved in the styling of seats and door handles....
    )
  • Range Rover
    Land Rover Range Rover Classic

    The Range Rover Classic is an off-road vehicle that was built by British car maker Land Rover from 1970 to 1996. It was the first generation of vehicles produced under the Range Rover name....
  • Rover SD1
    Rover SD1

    Rover SD1 is the code name given to a series of large executive cars made by British Leyland and its successor Austin Rover from 1976 until 1986....
  • Austin Maestro
    Austin Maestro

    The Austin Maestro is a mid-sized 5-door hatchback car that was produced from 1983 to 1994, initially by the Austin Rover Group subsidiary of British Leyland , and from 1988 onwards by successor organisation Rover Group....