Gordon Murray city car to be built

It seems the Gordon Murray Design T25 and T27 city cars are heading for production and could be on sale as early as 2016.

According to Gordon Murray himself, writing on the company’s website, the concept for both the T25 and T27 has now been sold to a customer. The i-Stream manufacturing process is also being taken on by a selection of clients, it seems.

On Bing: see pictures of the Gordon Murray Design T25

On Bing: see pictures of the Gordon Murray Design T27

Gordon Murray is most famous for his work designing Formula One racing cars and the McLaren F1 supercar. But in recent years his Gordon Murray Design company has been working hard trying to revolutionise something a little more modest: the city car.

The output from this has also seemed modest, comprising most obviously of two prototype vehicle designs – the more conventional, combustion-engined T25 and the all-electric T27.

Both variants of the same basic idea, these quirky-looking three-seaters are an example of ‘clean sheet’ design, which is to say every part of their conception and construction has been optimised for maximum efficiency.

This includes the manufacturing process, however. And it’s at this point that the work involved here starts to become truly apparent. The aim is to revolutionise and optimise car making in every respect.

There is no word yet on who the mysterious T25 and T27 customer may be, but we very much look forward to hearing about the next step in this process.

Gordon Murray Design, meanwhile, is apparently working on more automotive prototypes, with two more designs set to appear before the end of 2013. This will make for a total of six new car projects in the six years since the company was founded.

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