F1 designer to produce green city car

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Manufacturing process promises to change auto industry forever

Professor Gordon Murray, the man behind the McLaren Formula 1 car, has turned his talent to producing an ultra-compact urban car which promises to revolutionise personal transport. The makers claim...

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