The T25 (Gordon Murray's 25th design) is the first project undertaken by Gordon Murray Design, a company founded in July 2007 and based in Shalford, Surrey, UK.

(Source: Motortrend)

The weight reduction is achieved through design, material selection and size. The projected mass savings are about 400kg compared to conventional small cars.

The first details about the T25 were unveiled by Gordon Murray to Autocar magazine: the car will have a flat-packed chassis which will make vehicle shipping easier and allow for six different layouts.

It will be smaller than a Smart fortwo, with a base price of £5,000 and a production volume of 100,000 units per year.

The car, mainly targeted to UK, European and Japanese markets, is halfway through its development stage.

It could be unveiled within about 12 months and the project could be sold to a large car manufacturer to be turned into a production reality.

After the T25 prototype is presented, Gordon Murray is planning Design to undertake another project which will take a similarly radical approach to high performance sports cars.

Design Philosophy

According to Gordoin Murray, "Lightweight is the only tool we have available now that can make a significant difference to our energy usage and the current pollution figures. 

"Vehicle size is all we have to combat congestion and parking problems.  Congestion alone currently costs the world’s business community billions of pounds each year."

Several new city cars aimed at the “tax break” market segment and following Smarts lead but as “small big cars” they suffer from the same limitations. 

The Type 25 is designed to be different – lower parts count – faster assembly – low weight for efficiency and above all a size and shape to open up many innovative traffic and parking opportunities.

The Micro Cars of the 60’s and 70’s, although fun, did not sell in any great numbers as most of them were not “cool”, not safe and had such a low drivers eye line that they were terrifying to drive in traffic.

When this new class of vehicle is adopted by one or more manufacturers a quantifiable reduction in fuel usage emissions and road congestion will be achieved within 2 years of start up.

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(Source: Gordon Murray Design, Autocar)