Roy Axe
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Roy Axe is a British car designer. Axe started his career in 1959 with the Rootes Group where he progressed first to chief stylist and then to design director. Rootes became part of Chrysler Europe in 1966. In 1982 Axe moved to British Leyland where he tookover as styling director from David Bache, and was responsible for the building of a new styling studio at their Canley, Coventry plant (opened 1982), and recruiting a new team. An early project from the new studio was Project XX, the Rover 800. Axe went on in 1991 to become head of the Warwick-based vehicle design consultancy Design Research Associates (DRA), which resulted from a management buyout of Rover's design studio in 1986. DRA was acquired by Arup in 1999.[1]
[edit] Some of his cars
- 1967 Sunbeam Rapier fastback
- 1975 Chrysler Alpine
- 1984 Austin Montego
- 1986 Rover 800 / Honda Legend
[edit] References
- McComb, F. Wilson. MG by McComb. Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-7603-1989-8.
- Adams, Keith. The Roy Axe letters. The Unofficial AustinRover Web Resource. Retrieved on 2006-06-14.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Driving progress with computer aided engineering. Arup. Retrieved on 2006-06-14.
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