Gordon Murray Design T50

[Cartunes]

Well, it's good to see him back doing what he does best. After years of trying to convince the world that eco-driving is the answer,

it looks like he threw his hands in the air and thought " they won't listen, let's refresh the F1 "

Get your deposits in for a 2022 release!

 

[da.murf]

Would be awesome if it stayed faithful to original look and went all motor 1000bhp+ lol

But I fear it will be another futuristic looking hybrid 4wd hyper car. There are already lots of them.

I hope they do something different

 

[Cartunes]

Would be awesome if it stayed faithful to original look and went all motor 1000bhp+ lol

But I fear it will be another futuristic looking hybrid 4wd hyper car. There are already lots of them.

I hope they do something different

His target is under 1000kg so I doubt that hybrid is part of the plan.......... but plans can change!

 

[mike150]

Gordon Murray focuses on weight as the primary design factor and I really admire him for that.

The lighter a car is the more the driver feels involved.

II always remember reading the whole book about the F1 and thinking it was a bargain at £635000 with the amount of detail that went into the engineering. Seems with the value of them now I was right.

 

[soupz]

Would be awesome if it stayed faithful to original look and went all motor 1000bhp+ lol

But I fear it will be another futuristic looking hybrid 4wd hyper car. There are already lots of them.

I hope they do something different

It's a 3.9L V12 that revs to 12000rpm and makes 650bhp, through a 6spd manual, to just the rear wheels. And weighs under a tonne. If that doesn't excite you....

He's claiming it's the last proper raw supercar. And he's probably right. Just about everything else coming out is an auto hybrid AWD weighing close to 2 tonnnes.

 

[Cooper]

Great interview with him in last months Evo is worth checking out. Fascinating guy for sure.

 

[Gambit]

certainly sounds the business!

Murray T.50 confirmed as lightest hypercar ever

Hero-designer says official reveal of 650hp, £2m McLaren F1-beater now set for August

www.pistonheads.com

should be a piece of engineering art!

interesting the 40% of buyers are under 45....i am not one of them

 

[mike150]

certainly sounds the business!

Murray T.50 confirmed as lightest hypercar ever

Hero-designer says official reveal of 650hp, £2m McLaren F1-beater now set for August

www.pistonheads.com

should be a piece of engineering art!

interesting the 40% of buyers are under 45....i am not one of them

I'm 45

 

[DC.]

Mind blowing stuff.

 

[407_hdi]

Watching Harry's Garage review with Gordon Murray as I type this, stunning design and quite refreshing to see a hyper car that is so functional and not blingy

 

[Ruairi83]

Mind blowing stuff.

Just watched the whole thing. Would love to be able to half understand how he thinks about designing each aspect of the car.

 

[mike150]

Just watched the whole thing. Would love to be able to half understand how he thinks about designing each aspect of the car.

Dribble........... but my Lotus Elise is lighter, has a brilliant gear change and has unassisted steering

Though somewhat behind in other design areas............

 

[DC.]

Must have been media day for Gordon today as all the Youtubes have a video up. Catchpole’s was the best bet.

 

[mike150]

Worlds greatest car designer says "touch screens are actually dangerous"......... I said that years ago when I first drove a MK7 Golf.

Engine gains 28000 rpm per second

The Gear stick was 8mm titanium but in a vice it bent a little so it had to go to 9mm

 

[Richy]

2.36million plus the VAT.. wow wee, can’t wait to hear that engine

 

[gpaevo]

Collecting Cars podcast interview with him was superb.

 

[pablo]

2.36million plus the VAT.. wow wee, can’t wait to hear that engine

sweet jesus - bet they sell them all. be an absolute sin to see them bought and stored away though

 

[DC.]

Almost all of the 100 cars are already allocated to owners. £600k deposit secures one.

 

[Stebo]

Mind blowing stuff.

best video I have watched in ages

 

[gpaevo]

Harry's Garage one is very good

 

[Cooper]

Also great interview with Gordon Murray on the Collecting Cars Podcast by Chris Harris

 

[Gambit]

the thought behind the design & engineering in that t50 is truly staggering - "engine guarantee'd for 50k mile....should see 100/150k easy"

never knew the original mclaren f1 was also a fan car.

 

[mike150]

He was supposed to be designing a car know as T43, £40,000, 850kg, 220bhp from a 1.5 turbo 3 cylinder as a direct rival to the Alpine and Elise. Sadly there has been no news on it since 2018.

 

[56oval]

I absolutely love this and I wouldn't be into supercars etc one bit. This is how it's done when the bean counters in the back room or the corporate shills don't get involved. Murray just exudes class.

 

[Cartunes]

He was supposed to be designing a car know as T43, £40,000, 850kg, 220bhp from a 1.5 turbo 3 cylinder as a direct rival to the Alpine and Elise. Sadly there has been no news on it since 2018.

I was involved with that one, codemamedT40. It was insane and started as a collaboration between Ford and Mazda during Premier Automotive Days perhaps. There was only one built too........ It was a shame that no-one injected some quality Dosh into the project. Group buy? Anyone want to resurrect the Belfast car industry? Sniiiiiiff