Murray springs baby F1: Yamaha stunned showgoers with its Sports Ride concept, based on underpinnings by Gordon Murray

摘要

The Yamaha Sports Ride concept could go on sale within three years and be a halo model for a family of Yamaha road cars developed with legendary British designer Gordon Murray, Autocar has learned. The baby sports car, which was one of the stars of the Tokyo motor show, sits on underpinnings designed by Gordon Murray Design. It uses a variation of his revolutionary iStream production process, the key difference being that the car's structure uses carbonfibre rather than the iStream's glassfibre. As a result, the car is said to be extremely light and strong, while the iStream process means manufacturing costs are not greatly increased.