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Gordon Murray's T25 city car officially on sale

 
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The T25, under wraps, will be smaller than cars like the original Mini Cooper and Fiat 500

The T25, under wraps, will be smaller than cars like the original Mini Cooper and Fiat 500

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News of Gordon Murray's decision to build a low-cost city car created quite a stir when it was announced last year. That stir was in part because of the key driving force behind the project, Gordon Murray, ex-McLaren F1 designer and the pen behind the Caparo T1, but also because the car itself is an ambitious project. Designed to be tiny, efficient and flexible, the T25 is officially on sale.

We’re not talking about whole cars just yet. The T25 is a design concept that will be sold to independent manufacturers. The design firm behind the car, Gordon Murray Design (GMD), has already been approached by 15 potential clients based in 12 different countries.

For those unfamiliar with the T25, it is basically a design for a new type and class of personal transport vehicle that offers solutions to reduce congestion and parking problems whilst addressing the issue of full lifecycle CO2 damage. Murray is planning a range of body styles for the T25, including a van, pickup truck, taxi, police car, cabrio and even an MPV.

The first production vehicles based on the T25 concept are expected in Europe by 2012. So far the T25 has been ruled out for the U.S., although there is speculation some form of the vehicle could arrive in 2014.
Gordon Murray T25 city car

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  1. ma_Mike avatar Mike Posted: 3/1/2009 9:58am PST

    If it was cheap enough, I would definitely consider one as my daily runabout for short, around town jaunts. I think we could use something like this in the U.S. It would definitely be a niche market, but look how Smart sales took off. I know some people around here use their golf carts for short hops to the store, I'm sure something like this would be a vast improvement. Two things though, if it's on sale, why is it still under wraps? I know only the concept is on sale to potential manufacturers, but Murray could at least reveal it. And does he really expect it to be used by cops? Then again, I thought the idea of police using Segways was ridiculous.
     
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  2. By  gazzed Posted: 9/4/2009 4:29pm PDT

    A car that is almost half the length of a Volkswagen Golf and way smaller than a Smart?, Mr. Murray must be crazy.. I would really like to see what this car can achieve. I do believe it is only the Japanese with their "Kei cars and trucks" who can and have been building this sort of vehicles for a very long time now. The Japanese are also doing a lot of R&D with EV-Bus and EV-taxi concepts which would be a great example for other countries to copy.
     
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  3. By  pda accessories Posted: 11/26/2009 4:33am PST

    I think that the driver in the middle format is an excellent idea, if not particularly original.
    Benefits from this layout includes better accident protection for the driver and passengers in full frontal and offset collisions.
    International standard driving position-no need to change layout for right or left hand markets.
    My only concern is the social dislocation of having a passenger sitting behind rather than alongside the driver, but this would take a bit of getting used to and is small price to pay for the space utilisation benefits and added accident safety factors.
     
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  4. By  voyager Posted: 6/16/2010 3:21am PDT

    'Eco cars' do not have to look geeky or geriatric, people!
     
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