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Gordon Murray working on EV version of city car?

Gordon Murray's T25 city car looks pretty impressive on paper. It boasts higher cargo capacity and more seats (three) than a Smart Fortwo – and it promises to be built for maximum efficiency. According to Autocar, Gordon Murray says the T25 will be motivated by both naturally-aspirated and turbocharged versions of the 660-cc Mitsubishi engine, but Murray is also reportedly working on an electric version of the still unseen city car. The aim of the T27 would be to make the most efficient electric vehicle on earth, although details of ... Read more →

VIDEO: Toyota iQ: Small Car, Font Jockey Chris Shunk

Anyone who has ever used a computer knows that there are a lot of fonts out there, but we can't think of one that was designed with the use of a cute little hatchback. Letmedesign typographers ...

Rumormill: Could the Fiat-Chrysler deal yield a North American Ford Ka? Jonathon Ramsey

It's a long shot, but according to The Detroit Free Press, Chrysler's deal with Fiat could result in Ford offering the cutesy Ka for sale in North America. As you may recall, Ford co-developed ...

Spy Shots: If this is it, the Mazda1 looks nothing like Kiyora concept Jonathon Ramsey

UPDATE: This is not a prototype for the Mazda1, it is a Chinese-market Haima subcompact based on the Mazda2. Thanks to everyone who sent in the correction When we were told that the Mazda Kiyora ...

Gordon Murray's city car prototype is "weeks away" Jonathon Ramsey

The T25, Gordon Murray's take on revolutionizing urban transport – and perhaps driving itself – the same way he did with supercars with his McLaren F1, is almost ready for center stage. ...

REPORT: Fiat plans Smart, Toyota iQ competitor 11 months ago on Autoblog

Fiat is rumored to be working on an all-new brand to launch small, inexpensive cars into the Western Europe, with two of the three proposed models being based on vehicles from emerging markets. The third is much more interesting. The new supermini, which could revive the Topolino moniker, is ...

Gordon Murray's T25 city car caught at anniversary celebration 1 year ago on Autoblog

Gordon Murray may be best known for his radical supercars, especially the timeless McLaren F1, but his automotive passions span far enough to include vehicles that could be described as the F1's polar opposite. Evidence of such is the T.25 program, a novel city car concept that Murray and his ...

KTM preparing low-cost, clean city cars and SUV 1 year ago on Autoblog

As suspected, the KTM X-Bow is just the beginning of the bike-cum-automaker's assault on the four-wheeled world. According to CAR, KTM is in the process of creating a "slew" budget oriented vehicles, including a city car and "the world's first frugal and eco-friendly off-roader." The SUV, codenamed ...

More details: Gordon Murray's Type-25 city car 1 year ago on Autoblog

If such projections as cutting the cost of driving and vehicle emissions in half sounds a bit radical to you, that's exactly the response that Gordon Murray is hoping for. Before completely dismissing these claims, remember that Murray is the man most responsible for the road-going supercar known as ...

Top Gear gives Fiat 500 another award, though Captain Slow didn't like it 1 year ago on Autoblog

Fiat's undeniably adorable 500 has closed off the year with yet another award. The retro-licious little supermini already won the car award of all car awards when it took the 2008 European Car of the Year award, which it somehow managed to squeeze into its little hatch packed with the Auto Europa ...

More on Gordon Murray Designs' Type 25 2 years ago on Autoblog

We've been keeping close tabs on Gordon Murray and his namesake's design house since it was announced earlier this year. Beyond having Murray at the helm, he's accompanied by 13 other engineers (many of whom are McLaren ex-pats), and has gained backing from Caparo, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Jonathan ...

Frankfurt preview: VW to debut rear-engine city car 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Tiguan is one of eight models making their Frankfurt debut. Volkswagen is gearing up for Frankfurt and has no intention of disappointing the seething throngs of media-types when it lifts the curtain on its home turf. A total of eight new models will debut, including the Tiguan, six ...

GM introduces new Opel/Vauxhall Agila city car 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for gallery When GM unveiled the "Triplets" in New York last month, they were designed to showcase what a new Chevy-branded city car might look like, and to gauge interest for such a vehicle here in the States (in this regard, the Beat concept seems to be winning people over). In ...

New York Preview: Chevy Trax Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for high-res version Speculation that the hush-hush global concept GM has headed to the New York Auto Show has varied wildly, with the Corvette SS a popular favorite among theorists. Turns out they're all wrong. The secret concept is actually three global concepts. Small ones, at that ...

Spy Photos: Opel Agila 2 years ago on Autoblog

Because GM has said that Opel and Saturn will be virtually indistinguishable by 2014, every new Opel piques our curiosity. And guess what? Thanks to Hans Lehmann Photo, we have a spy pic of a new Opel. The vehicle is a heavily disguised prototype of the new Opel Agila. As with the current Agila, the ...

Leak Peek: Say hello to the new Renault Twingo 2 years ago on Autoblog

click the picture above for a gallery Continuing on its established theme of versatility and efficient use of space is the new Renault Twingo, set to be unveiled today in Geneva. This is the production version of the recent Twingo Concept, and it hasn't been watered down very much for production. ...

Honda recalls 270,000 vehicles in Japan and elsewhere 3 years ago on Autoblog

Honda announced yesterday that they would recall 270,000 vehicles throughout Japan and China. The two vehicles affected by the recall are the Odyssey minivan and Life kei car. In the case of the Odyssey, a problematic electrical circuit in the windshield wiper unit has resulted in two minivans ...

Nissan Moon city-car concept 3 years ago on Autoblog

Designer Robert Hoffmann drew up this Nissan concept for an auto magazine. The futuristic conveyance is not intended for production, but it's an interesting exercise just the same. The oversized rear wheels are slanted inward, and move backward for highway cruising, optimizing space when retracted ...

New peek at next SMART fortwo 3 years ago on Autoblog

Mercedes-Benz has decided to provoke our curiosity once again over the next generation SMART fortwo. We've already seen a sand sculpture of it, as well as some mysterious detail shots that promote Coke, but today SMART has released a pair of brand new renderings (second shot after the jump) ahead ...

Toyota Aygo may make it to U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog

Why you ask? They already have the Yaris taking care of the B-segment market, why on earth would they want to import something even smaller? One word: SMART. According to Inside Line's sources, Toyota may bring the Aygo, already a popular city-car in Europe, over to the U.S. in two-door form to ...

Awww... how cute - Daihatsu Trevis charms Europe 3 years ago on Autoblog

Our friends at Autoblog Spanish bring news of Daihatsu's new Trevis city car. With retro styling that apes the general look of the original Mini (with two extra doors, of course), the little Trevis is easy on they eyes. Where it really shines, however, is at the pump. City cars are fuel misers and ...

Mitsubishi keeping an "i" on the British Motor Show 3 years ago on Autoblog

An unlikely visitor made the trip from Japan to London for the British Motor Show. Joining the rest of Mitsubishi's lineup at ExCeL is one of Mitsubishi's "i" kei cars. Mitsubishi UK is in the final stages of a feasability study as to whether or not there's a market for the "i" in Britain. The ...

Nissan to market Suzuki city car in Europe 3 years ago on Autoblog

As part of the partnership agreement between Nissan and Suzuki that we reported a few days ago, a Nissan Motor spokesperson in the U.K. has confirmed that Suzuki will build a new city car for Nissan to sell in Europe. Scheduled for a 2007 launch, the city car will reportedly be an all-new model. The ...

British Charade continues to develop 3 years ago on Autoblog

Long gone from the U.S. marketplace, Daihatsu continues to do quite well in other markets, particularly with Toyota's recent cash infusions. The handful of Charade owners still in the U.S. likely wouldn't recognise the current model, but in case Daihatsuphiles are wondering how the ...






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