Yamaha City Car

Yamaha collaborated with Gordon Murray Design had develop a city car dubbed Motiv. The car's looks a glimpse of similar to a futuristic car, Smart ForTwo. "Motiv built using a combination of elements of Formula One (F1) racing and motorcycles technologies," as reported by CAR magazine recently.

Motiv.e was a  city car of collaboration result between Yamaha Motors and Gordon Murray Design. (Picture from: http://www.autoblog.com/)

The city car which has all-independent suspension and uses an electric motor that could be spewed 15 kW of a continuous power and has a peak of 25 kW, might make great environmental and economic sense, that is claimed to provide driving pleasure and a good performance. In electric guise, the rear-drive Motiv develops a peak of 34 bhp, and a huge 660 lb ft – continuous torque is 485 lb ft. 

Interior view of Yamaha Motiv.e city car. (Picture from: http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/)

Car with two seats that weighs of 730 kg (1,609 lbs) and can go 100 kph (62 mph) in about 15 seconds and tops out at over 105 kph (65 mph). The real-world range is claimed to be 161 km (100 miles). and is likely to be present on highways as early as 2016. The mini car is agile and environmentally friendly making it suitable for urban areas and will be priced around €10,000 (Rp. 158 million) to compete with the latest Smart ForTwo and Renault Twingo.

Right side view of Yamaha Motiv.e city car. (Picture from: http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/)

According to Ayuko Kobayashi, Yamaha spokesman as quoted by Reuters. "So far, Yamaha has been developing motorcycle, tricycle, and ATV, and four-wheeled vehicles is the result of our efforts create a pleasant driving," said Kobayashi.

Rear right side view of Yamaha Motiv.e city car. (Picture from: http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/)

As already known, that Yamaha has been producing the engines of car and golf cart. And about two decades ago, Yamaha ever tried to develop a sport-utility vehicle with a Formula 1 engine, but the vehicle failed mass produced along with the worsening economic conditions in Japan at that time.

With the presence of this city car, Yamaha tried to anticipate cars today trends that tend to be has more mini-sized because the traffic condition is getting bogged down. Mini car is sold in the cities are filled with congestion like in Rome or Milan. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | YAMAHA | GIZMAG | AUTOBLOG| REUTERS | CAR MAGAZINE]

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