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by dustinupdyke 3562 days ago
Gordon Murray designs some pretty atypical vehicles, from the McLaren F1 to the T.25 or T.27 microcars, to the recent shippable truck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Vehicle_Trust

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The OX flat-pack truck (Global Vehicle Trust designed) is pretty amazing and was on HN recently.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12440612

> Gordon Murray designs some pretty atypical vehicles

You don't say! One thing is for sure: he really, really, really loves the idea of a central driving position. All the cars you mentioned have the driver sit smack bang in the middle.

It's gotta be cheaper to make one car that can be driven on either side of the road than make a car for the UK and then another one for the rest of the world.
Japan and Aus(/NZ?) are also in that minor group!
Not mention India (population 1.3 billion). All in all one third of the world drives on the left. I read somewhere that a lot of major manufacturers make about 50% of each.
An excellent correction. I knew there were more but I was too lazy to look them up.
So the T.25 will be the iPod shuffle of electric cars? Or will they make the F1 their Apple Watch? Or maybe both?