This is the OX, a new vehicle design out from famed Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray. The OX, by Global Vehicle Trust GVT , is the first flat-pack truck. The first prototype came out in 2013, shortly after Murray partnered with philanthropist Torquil Norman. This prototype is the third, rigorously tested one. The beauty of the OX lies in its on-site assembly. A flat-pack vehicle, much like a flat-pack table or chair, requires less space for shipping than a fully assembled model. A 40-foot shipping container can accommodate six flat-packed OX trucks; the same container fits just two fully assembled trucks. It's built to be cheaply shipped, assembled, and maintained. Design details like the modular windshield—made of three panels that match the size and shape of the windows, so they're easily swapped in and out—make that possible. The front seat of the OX is can fit three people on its bench. The back benches can squeeze in ten people. Above all, the OX was designed to be lightweight. Several pieces pull double duty, like the tailgate that's also a ramp. This is the OX, a new vehicle design out from famed Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray. The OX, by Global Vehicle Trust GVT , is the first flat-pack truck. The first prototype came out in 2013, shortly after Murray partnered with philanthropist Torquil Norman. This prototype is the third, rigorously tested one. The beauty of the OX lies in its on-site assembly. A flat-pack vehicle, much like a flat-pack table or chair, requires less space for shipping than a fully assembled model. A 40-foot shipping container can accommodate six flat-packed OX trucks; the same container fits just two fully assembled trucks. It's built to be cheaply shipped, assembled, and maintained. Design details like the modular windshield—made of three panels that match the size and shape of the windows, so they're easily swapped in and out—make that possible. The front seat of the OX is can fit three people on its bench. The back benches can squeeze in ten people. Above all, the OX was designed to be lightweight. Several pieces pull double duty, like the tailgate that's also a ramp. Famed Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray has created another cool vehicle, but it's not a race car. Murray designed the flat-pack truck, called the OX, for philanthropist Torquil Norman and his company, Global Vehicle Trust. The first prototype appeared in 2013. The flat-pack construction, however, is a first. The final OX prototype comes in about 60 pieces, Murray says. And the idea is brilliant: A flat-pack vehicle, much like flat-pack furniture, requires less space for shipping. A 40-foot shipping container can hold six flat-packed trucks but just two assembled trucks. The company claims three people can build an OX in just 12 hours. That's thanks to user-friendly touches like the windshield, which features three identical panels that are easily assembled and replaced. His radical approach aims to upend vehicle manufacturing by replacing stamped steel unibodies with honeycomb tube steel frames coated in composite materials like fiberglass, polyurethane, and paper. The OX, however, has drastically different needs. Murray and his team found the material, known as Scandinavian engineered plywood, or Wisa board, after a global search for a durable but lightweight material. Wisa board gets used on children's playgrounds and in the backs of trucks that carry wet gravel out of quarries—strong stuff. Whether with composite steel or plywood, if the iStream technique takes off, Murray says it would fundamentally alter the way cars are made. The OX is the closest Murray has come to a proof of concept—but it's still got a ways to go. Murray sees broader potential. CNMN Collection © 2018 Condé Nast. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast.