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4th of September 2009 | 11:53 GMT | Alina Dumitrache

New Car Seating Layout by Gordon Murray Design

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  • Gordon Murray revealed car seating layout for the T25
  • It offers 6 internal layouts and a central driving position
  • Each layout can be achieved within 30 seconds

 
Click to enlarge [Gordon Murray wants to send the car into production using iStream]
Gordon Murray wants to send the car into production using iStream
British automotive design company Gordon Murray has just revealed a new car seating layout concept, destined to be used in the T.25 City Car, offering 6 internal layouts within the same vehicle. Each layout can be easily achieved within thirty seconds, around a central driving position.

In fact, the actual concept dates back to 1966 when Gordon Murray first came up with the idea during his Mechanical Engineering studies at Durban Institute of Technology in South Africa.

The T.25 City Car is able to accommodate three 95th percentile occupants and the central driving position has been named ‘iCentre’. According to the British designers, the three-seat configuration was put into production with the McLaren F1 and then resurrected in 1999 during the original study for Murray’s City Car, which was then known as Project 3.

The central driving position gives unparalleled control and visibility whilst supporting the ultra-flexible interior space. The T.25 can be driver only but offers 750 litres of stowage space which is equal to 6 shopping trolleys in volume.

The two pedal vehicle does not have a gear lever but instead relies on push buttons with the options of fully automatic or manual using Forward, Reverse & Neutral.

Gordon Murray Design is currently discussing to send the car into production using the iStream Manufacturing process, which reduces the area and investment of a typical car factory by 80%.

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