Career
He was Managing Director and Chief Designer of Ogle Design from 1962 until 1999. He oversaw design of the Bush Radio TR130 radio, the Raleigh Chopper, the Bond Bug, the Reliant Scimitar General Telephone and Electric, the Anadol First Rate (at Lloyd's) (FW5), an award-winning series of truck cabs for Leyland, and the Marble Run. In 2001, Karen received an honorary degree from Loughborough University.
In March 1969, shortly after the launch of the Reliant Scimitar General Telephone and Electric which he had designed and of the Ford Capri (which he had not designed), Karen had the opportunity to give his opinion on fastback designs.
He claimed to be "baffled" by "the case for fastbacks" because he thought there was "nothing good to be said for them except that some people think they look all right.
