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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 →

Gordon Murray Design reveals modular seating of T.25 Jeremy Korzeniewski

Gordon Murray hopes his developing T.25 minicar will offer something unique to attract buyers away from cars like the Smart Fortwo and Toyota iQ. To that end, the diminutive machine will seat ...

REPORT: Gordon Murray working on successor to McLaren F1 Noah Joseph

"There's no point in trying to outdo the F1, they'll never do it. The world has moved on..." That's what legendary designer Gordon Murray told CAR about the future of the supercar. We'd like to ...

VIDEO: McLaren at Le Mans: Pursuit of Perfection Jonny Lieberman

You know, we could have titled this one "Car Porn" and it would make as much sense. After the jump you'll find a few videos documenting the more than legendary McLaren F1's inaugural 1995 Le Mans ...

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. ...

Will Gordon Murray's microcar be named iStream? 9 months ago on Autoblog

Gordon Murray, the man primarily known for bringing us the McLaren F1 is current working on his 25th clean-sheet design, internally dubbed the T.25. While that's a perfectly acceptable codename for a project, it lacks the kind of catchy cache necessary when the city car hits dealers. So, it's with ...

Gordon Murray's T25 could come to the U.S. in 2014 1 year ago on Autoblog

The microcar concept has been around for a long time, but Daimler kick-started its redevelopment with the original smart fortwo. Now, that model's success in the marketplace (if not financially) has prompted such big name players as Toyota and Volkswagen to step up to the plate with innovative new ...

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 ...

Gordon Murray planning new lightweight supercar 1 year ago on Autoblog

It's no secret that Gordon Murray, the man behind the McLaren F1, has been working on a city car called the Type 25. It appears now, though, that the lure of the supercar is still strong with him. Autocar magazine discovered recently that Murray is considering a supercar to be built using the build ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gordon Murray set to create a radical family car 2 years ago on Autoblog

Over the past three decades, Gordon Murray has produced some of the most innovative and radical designs ever created in Formula One and on the road. From the Brabham BT46B "fan car" to the BT55 with a BMW four-cylinder laid flat on it's side, each car showed he was never afraid to try something ...

Caparo T1 update: 200 HP per liter, no more supercharger 2 years ago on Autoblog

The folks over at Car procured a few shots of the Caparo T1 undergoing testing and have gleaned some interesting information about Gordon Murray's newest masterpiece. First off, the road-going F1 car is living up to its ethos by ditching the supercharger and coming to the party with a naturally ...

Rocket's return: McLaren F1's forefather set to make a comeback 2 years ago on Autoblog

Gordon Murray has had his hands in a number of impressive projects over the years. Be it Formula one or the McLaren F1, if Murray is involved, you know it's going to light, balanced and fast. One of Murray's more intriguing projects was the Rocket, a lightweight, road-going tribute to the ...

AC will live, with Smart underpinnings 3 years ago on Autoblog

The U.K. sports car group Project Kimber has announced that they'll be bringing back the renowned AC mark, with production expected to begin in 2007. As if that's not exciting enough, they've brought in some of the most celebrated names in vehicle design. Most notably among them is Gordon Murray, ...

Ex-McLaren F1 designer, Gordon Murray joins Caparo team 3 years ago on Autoblog

When it comes to exotic automotive composites, you won't find a bigger name than Gordon Murray. Murray who led the design team that birthed the McLaren F1 and who was up to his elbows in the development of the McMerc, has made the move to Caparo, producers of the T1 supercar. The move mainly ...






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