Auto racing wonks know Gordon Murray as a designer of winning Formula One cars, who also happened to devise one of the fastest sports cars of the past 20 years -- the McLaren F1. But as we've mentioned, Murray's been spending most of his time lately on slower pursuits; in particular, a fuel-efficient city car. New details on that car, named T.25, came to light today, as Gordon Murray Design revealed a striking new seating layout. Granted, it's not the sexiest of car-tech news you'll get today, but it does prove that, given a problem to solve, good designers can always manage outside-the-pod thinking.
The T.25 City Car's interior arrangement stems from a central driving position; the driver takes up most of the tiny car's forward interior space. But for passengers and cargo, Murray came up with a system by which each one of six seating and stowage layouts can be adapted within 30 seconds, accommodating either two 6'2" adults or 26.5 cubic feet of cargo. The latter arrangement, the company says, is enough to pack in six shopping carts' worth of stuff.
Murray calls the central driving position, officially, 'iCentreĀ®', a concept he put forth during his Mechanical Engineering studies at Durban Institute of Technology in South Africa in the mid-1960s. His first (and only) production car with the three-seat configuration was the McLaren F1 from the late 1990s, which hit 240 mph and cost upward of $2 million.
Murray says the T.25's seating and cargo system will give it an advantage over its rival Smart Fortwo, a two-seater with 7.8 cubic feet of luggage capacity. The T.25 will also have a push-button transmission instead of a gear lever, with the options of fully automatic or manual.
And the T.25 isn't only small, but Murray, who's also working on a successor to the F1 supercar, says it'll take less space to build than a typical car. His iStreamĀ® Manufacturing process, he says, will reduce the area and investment of a typical car factory by 80%.
Now all he needs is someone to build it. Any takers?
[Source: Gordon Murray Design]
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Now all he needs is someone to build it. Any takers?
Yes, right here. I'll do it. Just give me a few 10's to 100's of millions of dollars, a team of engineers, and a few fellas with MBA's and I'll get it done!
u cant get busy in that
MB and the Smart Car producers are planning a almost identical car. With German money and quite a few closed automobile car factories available in Europe, the ForThree Smart car is more likely to become a reality.
The best way would be to convert your car to run with water. This system, also known as the hydrogen on demand system, is easy to install and maintain, and should not cost over $200. As recently reported by Fox News, people are using water as fuel for their cars. Not only are they saving costs, they also cause less pollution to the environment.
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Gordon Murray has designed some of the fastest cars in the world. The T.25 is engineered as the ultimate city vehicle. Boasting exclusive weight, footprint, safety, usability and efficiency, the newly-presented urban ride strikes with 6-meters turning circle. Its really a good designed by Murray.
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