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These are the most detailed sketches yet of Gordon Murray’s new T25 city car project, now halfway through its 24-month development programme.
The T25 is a new and “radically innovative” urban transport solution that’s being developed by the McLaren F1’s famous designer. Behind the car lies a “totally rethought” manufacturing process, something its maker claims will be “the biggest revolution in the mass-production of cars for 100 years”.
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Looks like a Smart.

The sketch is similar in outline to the Smart with the exception that there looks to be more interior room. So the chance to carry a few children or some shopping. I'm very interested to see how this develops...

Been eagerly anticipating this for years it seems.  Wonder how it'll compete against the Toyota IQ...?  

A Smart with space for 4 together + shopping, with the pace of the Maclaren F1 would be interesting!

 

shades of the much maligned Aixam city car here.  doesn't seem to be that exciting, the most innovative feature seems to be in the way that it is built.

where's the innovation for the user?  if users don't buy, there's no point in a fantastic production methodology because there will be no sales!

personally i am a fan of the 3+1 concept.  adequate space for an adult front passenger and another adult behind them, then behind the driver have space only for a kid.

oh yeah, and make sure there's enough space for a set of golf clubs/ baby buggy so that it appeals to young city families.

 

a certain other car magazine has pics of this gift wrapped.

come on autocar!  did you pee off gordon such that you guys didn't get the scoop?

news is that this has the power to weight of a regular 2.0 litre saloon, seats 4 and can park nose to pavement, smart style.  78 g/km of CO2.  supposed to pay for itself in 4 yrs, though i don't see how it can do that unless it goes out to work.

 

Too smart for a Smart

Kee Law:

news is that this has the power to weight of a regular 2.0 litre saloon, seats 4 and can park nose to pavement, smart style.  78 g/km of CO2. 

The new approach to production sounds interesting.  But in reality, who is going to give up thier 2.0 saloon in favour of one of these?  It makes sense in the city but once your out of town, or worse still on a motorway - would you want to be boxed in by lorries and 4x4's whilst sat in something the size of a shoe.

They will probably make good second cars, but I doubt it will get people out of thier focus/golf/mondeo etc.

 Oh, and the price tag needs to be super keen.  The IQ @ 10k?  only serious tree huggers would buy it at that price.

Kee Law:

a certain other car magazine has pics of this gift wrapped.

come on autocar!  did you pee off gordon such that you guys didn't get the scoop?

 

buy the mag you cheapskate, it's all in there... ;)

It's interesting and I have time for Murray but it's still only another small UK car company with a lot of sketches and no product. However, as ever in these cases, I'd like to be proven wrong.

http://www.commutercars.com/

 I think these guys have been building this car for a while... Not a new idea.