Green car gets star treatment

Gordon Murray, the car designer responsible for some of the most exotic supercars and F1 designs of recent times, is convinced that the day of the big 4×4 SUV is passing and he is turning his hand to the design of a super-efficient green city car.

Murray is best known for his McClaren Mercedes (see left), but that could be about to change if his T.25 city car gets the go ahead.

In a return to a method of construction not seen in mainstream vehicles for many decades, the Murray car would feature a separate chassis and body.

The materials used and will mix steel and plastics to save weight and power units would include an electric option.

A spokesperson for the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) said: “Smaller cars are already doing well, but a new class of super-lightweight and highly efficient vehicles is just around the corner – cars for the iPod generation.”



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