[Cartoday]
It can be flat-packed for shipping and you can cram three of them into a single parking bay; Gordon Murray has released the latest details on his city car project.
Codenamed ‘T25’, the diminutive runabout is the first vehicle to be developed by Gordon Murray’s self-titled design company and will focus on being as lightweight and emission-free as 
possible.According to Murray, the T25 will tip the scales at under 1000 kg, but that waif-like weight does not mean the car will crumple in the slipstream of a passing lorry - at least a four-star Euro NCAP rating has been hinted at.Murray has remained tight-lipped regarding the design and powerplants earmarked for the T25. The final product will be a radical departure from existing city cars, such as the Smart, which Murray has criticised for its impractical packaging and styling. The only clues he’s thus far 
given are that the car will adopt an MPV-esque body style, with up to 14 variants on the theme.The T25, according to Murray, will probably be powered by a small capacity, petrol engine, although other power plants such as diesel, electric, hybrid are possible because of the vehicle’s flexible design.Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the T25 is its size. If you look at the second picture on the right, the wheeled green jellybean that represents the T25 is flanked by what appear t be a brace of Hummers, but are in fact a VW Golf, Fiat 500, Smart car and a Mini. Two T25’s can be driven side-by-side in a single lane, and three can squeeze into a single parking space (admittedly this would have to be done nose-to-kerb, a party trick for which the Smart was designed but its owners were never able to exploit without breaking the law).As if the car wasn’t small enough, it has now been revealed that a clever folding design means the T25 can be flat-packed a-la Boardmans bedside cabinet for efficient transport in large numbers – and assembled with ease at the other end.The first prototypes of the T25 are set to emerge in a year’s time. A production version will then go on sale in 2011 at a decidedly wallet-friendly (and admittedly speculative and UK-based) price of around R 85 000.