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Harris Mann was born in London on 27 April 1938, [2] and attended engineering school in Westminster. His automotive design career started with the bus and coach building firm Duple, followed by a short time working in the U.S. with Loewy Consultancy. After a brief spell of National Service back in the UK, Mann worked for Commer, and then for Ford.
The Princess is a large family car produced in the United Kingdom by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland from 1975 until 1981 (1982 in New Zealand). The car inherited a front-wheel drive / transverse engine configuration from its predecessor, the Austin/Morris 1800 range.
The car, characterised by its "wedge" shape and by a swage line sweeping down from the rear to just behind the front wheel, was commonly advertised as "the shape of things to come". The design was penned by Harris Mann who also designed the wedge-shaped Princess. The car has an overall length of 160 in (410 cm), width of 66 in (170 cm ...
These were cancelled after BLMC went bankrupt in late 1974 and was essentially nationalized under the almost £3 billion plan in the 1975 Ryder Report (British Leyland), which was still in force well into 1977. [3] [1] And several sources note that the 16-valve TR7 model was cancelled at the same time as or before this injection system.
Triumph TR8. The Triumph TR8 is a sports car built by the British Triumph Motor Company from 1978 until 1981. It is an eight-cylinder version of the "wedge-shaped" Triumph TR7 which was designed by Harris Mann and manufactured by British Leyland (BL), through its Jaguar/Rover/Triumph (JRT) division.
The original styling proposal, by Harris Mann, had the same sleek, wedge-like shape of the Princess, but because British Leyland management, keen to control costs, wanted to install the existing E-Series engine and bulky heating system from the Marina, it became impossible to incorporate the low bonnet line as envisaged: the bodyshell began to ...
ADO68 "Project Condor" sports car projects; cancelled by British Leyland [11] ADO68/28-1: Roy Haynes-styled 2-door coupe version of the Marina; ADO68/28-2: Michelotti-styled version. Revised at BLMC as the ADO68/28-2; hinted at the shape of the two-door Marina; ADO68/14: Designed by Harris Mann and based on the Maxi; may have led to the ADO71
26 March – British Leyland releases their new family saloon, the Morris 18-22 wedge styled by Harris Mann to replace the ageing Austin 1800 Landcrab range. There are Austin, Morris and the luxury Wolseley versions at launch. However, in less than six months, the entire range is rebranded as the Princess and the marque "Wolseley" is abandoned.