Gordon Murray
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The Shell concept car was designed by Gordon Murray, in collaboration with engine specialist Osamu Goto.
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Yamaha Sports Ride: Carbon-Fiber Structure From Designer Gordon Murray
The Yamaha Sports Ride is a concept car that uses Gordon Murray's iStream construction with carbon fiber.
Stephen Edelstein -
Shell Project M Concept City Car: Huge Efficiency Gains Possible, Designer Gordon Murray Says
Famed car designer Gordon Murray will team up with former Honda engine specialist Osamu Goto and oil company Shell to develop a concept for "an ultra-compact, efficient car for city use based around the internal combustion engine." It's not intended for production. Instead, the project's ambitions...
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More Details On Yamaha Motiv-E, Electric Smart Fortwo Rival For Asia?
The Smart Fortwo is a car that heavily divides opinion. In the U.S, it's been less than successful. Sales have been much better in Europe, but even so other manufacturers have hardly rushed out to release competitors for the two-seat city car. Until now, that is. We revealed initial details of...
Antony Ingram -
Yamaha Motiv: Gordon Murray's City Car Partner Revealed
Ever had to keep a really big secret? Respected automotive engineer Gordon Murray has: Having known for quite some time who one of the biggest customers for his highly-efficient iStream production process was, Murray has been unable to reveal it to us all. Now that secret is officially out...
Antony Ingram -
Gordon Murray's City Cars, iStream Production Soon A Reality?
Lackluster sales of cars like the Smart Fortwo have illustrated that the market for really tiny cars still doesn't really exist in the U.S, but elsewhere things are quite different. In some European or far-Eastern cities, size--or lack of it--is everything. Those are the markets the T25 and T27...
Antony Ingram -
Gordon Murray may need little introduction among gearheads following his work on the McLaren F1 supercar back in the 1990s, but his most recent projects, the T.25 and T.27 minicars, certainly raised a few eyebrows. Sports car fans need not have feared however, as today Gordon Murray Design (GMD) and Toray Industries Inc. announced a new prototype electric sports car, called the TEEWAVE AR.1. Murray has hinted previously that the upright T.25 and T.27 weren't the only cars he had planned for his groundbreaking iStream production process, and the AR.1 - internally codenamed T.32 at GMD -...
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Gordon Murray's T.25 Minicar Spawns T.27 Electric Variant
It’s been a while since we heard about Gordon Murray and the British engineer’s enigmatic T.25 minicar. The last we heard, Gordon Murray and his eponymous design and engineering firm Gordon Murray Design had built a prototype for his new minicar, revealing details about its...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Electric Cars And Safety: Crashing For Your Reassurance
Range is one of those recurring talking points with electric cars, used by EV critics whenever they want a cheap shot. Keen to make sure safety doesn't become another, the manufacturers are fighting back by proving their electric cars can be just as safe as their gasoline counterparts. Mitsubishi...
Antony Ingram -
Five Electric Cars We Can't Wait To Drive
In recent months we've been lucky enough to get our hands on several different and important electric cars, be they range-extended EVs such as the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, electric family cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf or even the 2011 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive, a compact electric microcar most at...
Antony Ingram -
From The Fastest To The Greenest: BMW F1 Expertise For EVs
"Racing improves the breed". So said the late Soichiro Honda, believing that the lessons learned on the racing cars and motorcycles could be used to improve the marque's road vehicles. The evidence is plain to see. Technologies such as anti-lock brakes, traction control, unibody chassis...
Antony Ingram -
Gordon Murray Design Releases Specs For New T.27 EV
Gordon Murray is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant minds in automotive design today, having been the driving force behind both the McLaren F1 supercar and more recently the Caparo T1. His latest T.25 minicar project is bustling along, having made strides recently with the announcement...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran