Murray’s – All about car

Gordon Murray has released the first renderings of his sequel-to-his-world-changing-McLaren-F1, and while it does indeed look like it has the potential to be the last great sports car, it still has a lot to live up to.Powering the new car, the T.50, will be the best engine in the world, a V12, displacing 3.9 litres and producing 650 horsepower. It will be built by famed engine builder Cosworth, and rev to 12,100 rpm.The styling is distinctly reminiscent of the 1990s McLaren F1, albeit slightly tweaked. Oh, and theres obviously now a huge fan protruding from its rear.Thats because the T.50 will also use aerodynamic technology based on fan car concepts from the past. The first car to use this tech was the Chaparral 2J, which had two snowmobile motors in the rear that would suck air out from under the car, sticking it to the pavement. The car was quickly banned from racing. The tech found itself in racing once more, however, in the Brabham BT46B Formula 1 car, which was also designed by Gordon Murray. Unfortunately, that car only raced once before team boss and future F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone shut down the project over concerns the upset from other teams could collapse the Formula One Constructors Association.The McLaren F1 was also supposed to have this fan tech, but Murray ran out of time to implement it. The T.50 will weigh just 2,160 pounds, much lighter than the 2,500-pound F1, so it will need all the help it can get from gravity and
Origin: Gordon Murray’s T.50 will use fans to vacuum the supercar to the road

Gordan Murray Automotive (GMA) has more fully revealed its plans for its analog supercar, a machine that’s rather apparently the spiritual successor to the McLaren F1 in everything but name. GMA was started just two years ago in 2017, but as you might’ve guessed, it’s headed by automotive genius Gordan Murray. He’s most famously known for designing the original McLaren F1 supercar of the ’90s, but says this new coupe will be his magnum opus, and the perfect way to mark the 50 years he’s spent in the motorsports engineering business. It’s called the T.50, and despite its impressive specifications, this will be a proper old-school supercar. According to Murray, the T.50 will be the most aerodynamically advanced supercar on the road, borrowing technology from vehicles like the Brabham fan car, and of course the F1. Taken altogether, those components will make it the purest, lightest, most driver-focused supercar ever, he says. The T.50 will weigh only 980 kg, which is a couple hundred kilograms less than the F1. Powering the mighty supercar will be a 3.9-litre V12 which produces only 650 horsepower, which seems a bit weak compared to the big numbers we’re used to with today’s supercars. In fact, that’s only 23 horsepower more than the original F1 made over 20 years ago, but with the weight deficit, there should still be some considerable performance on the table. The engine will be mid-mounted, and coupled to a manual gearbox, with power going to the rear wheels only. As advanced as the car is, from the profile we can see several design elements carried over from the original F1, which is a testament to just what a revolution that vehicle was. Of course, just because it’s a little old-school doesn’t mean the car is going to be cheap. In fact, the price is an eye-watering 2 million pounds ($3.4 million), and only 100 will be built. Deliveries are expected to start in early
Origin: Gordon Murray’s new car is like a McLaren F1 but more aerodynamic, lighter, better