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	'''William (Bill) Towns''' (died [[1994]]) was a ~~[[United Kingdom\|~~British]] [[Automobile design\|car designer]].		'''William (Bill) Towns''' (died 1994) was a British [[Automobile design\|car designer]].

	Towns began his training as a designer at [[Rootes]] in 1954, where he was mainly involved in the styling of seats and door handles. Later he was also involved with the styling of their [[Hillman Hunter]]. He moved to [[Rover ~~(car)~~\|Rover]] in 1963 and worked there for [[David Bache]] and designed the body of the Rover-BRM gas turbine Le Mans car. In 1966 he left Rover to join [[Aston Martin]] as a seat designer, eventually becoming the force behind the [[Aston Martin Lagonda]]<ref>{{cite web		Towns began his training as a designer at [[Rootes]] in 1954, where he was mainly involved in the styling of seats and door handles. Later he was also involved with the styling of their [[Hillman Hunter]]. He moved to [[Rover\|Rover]] in 1963 and worked there for [[David Bache]] and designed the body of the Rover-BRM gas turbine Le Mans car. In 1966 he left Rover to join [[Aston Martin]] as a seat designer, eventually becoming the force behind the [[Aston Martin Lagonda]]<ref>{{cite web
	\|title=Feature: Aston Martin Lagonda		\|title=Feature: Aston Martin Lagonda
	\|date=[[2006-03-09]]		\|date=2006-03-09
	\|url=http://www.channel4.com/4car/ft/feature/feature/171/3		\|url=http://www.channel4.com/4car/ft/feature/feature/171/3
	\|publisher=Channel 4		\|publisher=Channel 4
	}}</ref>.		}}</ref>.

	He left Aston Martin after the Lagonda for more remunerative industrial design work in 1977, but also designed the succesful [[Hustler ~~(car)~~\|Hustler]] kit-car, as well as the [[Reliant SS2]] and proposed relaunch of the [[Railton ~~(car)~~\|Railton]].		He left Aston Martin after the Lagonda for more remunerative industrial design work in 1977, but also designed the succesful [[Hustler\|Hustler]] kit-car, as well as the [[Reliant SS2]] and proposed relaunch of the [[Railton\|Railton]].

	Towns died from cancer in 1994.		Towns died from cancer in 1994.

	Up until July 2005 his own cars were on display at the [[Heritage Motor Centre]], [[Gaydon]], UK<ref>{{cite web		Up until July 2005 his own cars were on display at the [[Heritage Motor Centre]], Gaydon, UK<ref>{{cite web
	\|title=Honest John's Agony column: Home Towns		\|title=Honest John's Agony column: Home Towns
	\|date=[[2005-06-18]]		\|date=2005-06-18
	\|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2005/06/18/mrjon18.xml		\|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2005/06/18/mrjon18.xml
	\|publisher=The Daily Telegraph		\|publisher=The Daily Telegraph
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	* 1980 [[Aston Martin Bulldog]]		* 1980 [[Aston Martin Bulldog]]
	* 1988 [[Reliant SS2]]		* 1988 [[Reliant SS2]]
	* 1989 [[Railton ~~(car)~~\|Railton]] Fairmile and Claremont		* 1989 [[Railton\|Railton]] Fairmile and Claremont

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	~~<references/>~~

	{{commonscat\|Vehicles by William Towns}}		{{commonscat\|Vehicles by William Towns}}

	[[Category:~~Car~~ designers\|Towns, William]]		[[Category:car designers\|Towns, William]]
	[[Category:British automobile designers\|Towns, William]]		[[Category:British automobile designers\|Towns, William]]


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'''William (Bill) Towns''' (died [[1994]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Automobile design|car designer]].

Towns began his training as a designer at [[Rootes]] in 1954, where he was mainly involved in the styling of seats and door handles. Later he was also involved with the styling of their [[Hillman Hunter]]. He moved to [[Rover (car)|Rover]] in 1963 and worked there for [[David Bache]] and designed the body of the Rover-BRM gas turbine Le Mans car. In 1966 he left Rover to join [[Aston Martin]] as a seat designer, eventually becoming the force behind the [[Aston Martin Lagonda]]<ref>{{cite web
|title=Feature: Aston Martin Lagonda
|date=[[2006-03-09]]
|url=http://www.channel4.com/4car/ft/feature/feature/171/3
|publisher=Channel 4
}}</ref>.

He left Aston Martin after the Lagonda for more remunerative industrial design work in 1977, but also designed the succesful [[Hustler (car)|Hustler]] kit-car, as well as the [[Reliant SS2]] and proposed relaunch of the [[Railton (car)|Railton]].

Towns died from cancer in 1994.

Up until July 2005 his own cars were on display at the [[Heritage Motor Centre]], [[Gaydon]], UK<ref>{{cite web
|title=Honest John's Agony column: Home Towns
|date=[[2005-06-18]]
|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2005/06/18/mrjon18.xml
|publisher=The Daily Telegraph
}}</ref>.

==Some of his cars==
* 1964 Rover-BRM gas turbine car (with [[David Bache]])
* 1967 [[Aston Martin DBS]]
* 1972 [[Minissima]]
* 1976 [[Microdot (car)|Microdot]]
* 1976 [[Aston Martin Lagonda]]
* 1978 [[Hustler (car)|Hustler]]
* 1980 [[Aston Martin Bulldog]]
* 1988 [[Reliant SS2]]
* 1989 [[Railton (car)|Railton]] Fairmile and Claremont

==Notes==
<references/>

{{commonscat|Vehicles by William Towns}}

[[Category:Car designers|Towns, William]]
[[Category:British automobile designers|Towns, William]]

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