Gordon Murray Design awarded trophy
Gordon Murray Design was awarded the Dewar Trophy for its iStream® automotive manufacturing process.
THE Royal Automobile Club announced last week that it had awarded the prestigious Dewar Trophy to Gordon Murray Design.
Gordon Murray, former Glenwood Preparatory School and Glenwood High School learner, accepted the award on behalf of the company for their ground breaking iStream® technology, including the development of the OX all-terrain.
The Dewar Trophy is awarded for outstanding British technical achievement in the automotive world and only in years when the Club’s expert committee believes that there are contenders of sufficient merit, with winners joining a line-up of automotive greats.
Gordon Murray Design’s disruptive automotive manufacturing system introduces affordable Formula One technology to everyday motoring and it represents the first major step change in automotive manufacturing since high volume production began in the early 20th century.
Three of Gordon Murray Design’s customers recently announced iStream products. Yamaha Motor Company announced their electric city car MOTIV.e in 2013 which employs iStream, and their Sports Car last November which is built around iStream carbon. Last month the Global Vehicle Trust (GVT) launched the OX Flat-Pack truck which incorporates iStream zero and TVR showed their new sports car at the London Motor Show earlier this year, which will be built around iStream carbon.
Gordon Murray Design was responsible for the design and engineering of all four vehicles.
Gordon Murray Design is currently working on five iStream products for three customers and is processing a further eleven iStream enquiries from a total of nine different countries.
Professor Gordon Murray said: “It’s a great honour to receive such a prestigious award on behalf of our company. I am extremely proud of what our team has achieved in industrialising iStream®. Our mission has been to develop Formula One technology to a point where it is accessible to the everyday motorist and to enable affordable light weighting and to introduce new levels of automotive durability and safety.”
John Wood MBE, Chairman of the Dewar Technical Committee, said: “Gordon Murray Design’s iStream technique presents a completely new way of thinking about vehicle construction and manufacture. In developing the OX all-terrain vehicle, the versatility of the iStream process is clearly demonstrated, resulting in a strong, durable and extremely affordable structure. It’s a genuine innovation that could positively affect the lives of people in some of the world’s poorest areas.”
