Gordon Murray Has Designed The World's First Flat Pack Vehicle
This curious-looking little runt is the Global Vehicle Trust Ox, and designer Gordon Murray ranks it ahead of anything else he’s ever worked on in terms of importance. For the man behind dominant Grand Prix racing cars and the McLaren F1, that’s a big statement, but it’s easy to see what he means: the Ox could help mobilise some of the most remote parts of the developing world.
Despite being smaller than most SUVs, the Ox can carry nearly two tonnes of cargo. Or if you want to carry some humans around, the Ox can take a total of 13 thanks to bench seating in the rear. Powering the whole shebang is a 2.2-litre diesel engine, good for 98bhp.
Most importantly though, the whole flat pack part of the deal means you can stuff six of the things inside a standard shipping container. Once it’s at the destination, it takes about 11 and a half hours to assemble by three untrained people.
It’s only at the prototype stage however: Global Vehicle Trust needs further investment before the Ox can go into production. One to watch with interest…
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3 seats with driver in the middle. That’s definitely Gordon Murray design ;)
80% of world population don’t have access to a vehicle. And some people own 4 Bugatti’s. What the world has turned into?
Just let me pick up two prostitutes in them than
As wonderful as it from a humanitarian and utilitarian viewpoint, someone will set a lap time in one at the Nurburgring…
Imagine if someone would actually make a Nürburgring track taxi out of that one.
Sir, have my like.
you need to have MASSIVE balls to drive that thing around the ring i mean if that thing hits armco at 10 mph you’ll be dead
Curious to see the price, I hope its low enough to be feasible for areas where this is needed most.
Assembled in 11 hours by 3 untrained men in a flat pack fashion? It may not have the Gordon Murray central driving position, but it has been done before
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Please let it be easier than IKEA flat pack
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F*ck your a$$ get back to youtube
Mr.PurpleV12
Will it fist?
Flat pack or scat pack?
Looks like a baby lad rover 101
Then someone will LS swap it
And race it