David Bache (14 June1925–26 November1994) was a Britishcar designer. Download high resolution version (941x494, 64 KB)Rover 2000 File links The following pages link to this file: Rover (car) Rover P6 Categories: GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (941x494, 64 KB)Rover 2000 File links The following pages link to this file: Rover (car) Rover P6 Categories: GFDL images ... The Rover P6 series (named 2000, 2200, and 3500 for their engine displacement) was a group of saloon automobiles produced from 1963 through 1976. ... Red Rover SD1 Vitesse, 1985, right frontal view File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Red Rover SD1 Vitesse, 1985, right frontal view File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Rover SD1 is the code name given to a series of large executive cars made by British Leyland and Austin Rover Group from 1976 to 1987. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Automobile design or car design is the design of automobiles. ...
This drawing was produced by DavidBache in the late 1960s, whilst the aborted Rover P8 was still in development.
This gullwing proposal, set in clay during 1969 shows clear Lamborghini Marzal influences - Bache was an enthusiast of gullwing doors - and this can be seen in the picture below, where he had the Solihull engineers design a full-size mock-up of the system.
The two Triumph Puma proposals are on the left - Bache, produced five scale models on the right (the final one chosen to become the SD-1 was the fourth from front).