Uwe Bahnsen

[stevemarl]

Just in case anyone`s interested, Uwe Bahnsen who designed, amongst others, the MkII Capri, Taunus, MkIII Escort & Sierra died 30th of July aged 83. R.I.P.
Seemed worth a mention?

[rich_jc]

Well bloody hell. I read the other month that the chap who designed the Cortina sadly passed away, and I remember wondering at the time "who designed the capri and is he still around?"

Definately worth a mention, heres to Uwe!

Rich

[Matty2148]

Poor bugger died on my birthday, that`ll be a factoid I`ll have to remember

[pbar]

"who designed the capri and is he still around?"

It was a team led by American Phil Clark. He was also involved with the Mustang design.

[stevemarl]

No, I specified the MarkII. Phil Clarke led initial team in `60s, but actually died before the Mark 1 was launched.

Just out of interest, who`d have thought they`d codename the mustang project this:

" The Mustang name was kept under wraps with the code name "Allegro" assigned to the entire project"

[rich_jc]

Disappointingly small amount of info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Bahnsen

Rich

[pbar]

No, I specified the MarkII. Phil Clarke led initial team in `60s, but actually died before the Mark 1 was launched.

Yes you did Steve, no worries. But Rich said 'who designed the Capri', and I thought that was a team with Phil Clark.

[rich_jc]

I just googled him, and found a link to this site...

http://www.caprihome.de/capri.htm

Now I love the rear quarter window on the capri, it is iconic in my mind. But that original design on the second picture down looks fantastic. (Yes, I know it is the mk1 and so Uwe was not involved).

Rich

[stevemarl]

It was dropped very late on as a result of feedback from the `customer clinics` which they`d run in various european cities. Punters found the back seats very claustrophobic - but I agree, very characterful! (I`ve one photo of a pre-production with different windows on each side!)