Gordon Murray Design
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With a manual transmission, a high-revving Cosworth V-12, gullwing doors, and a carbon-fiber body, the T50 aims to keep weight down and driver engagement up.
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Hear the V-12 from Gordon Murray's T50 supercar hit 8,000 rpm
The V-12 in GMA's T50 supercar will have the highest redline of any car on the road.
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V-12 from Gordon Murray's new T50 supercar fired up for first time
Gordon Murray Automotive has provided a taste of the sound the T50 supercar's 3.9-liter V-12 will make.
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Gordon Murray's T50 supercar sticks to fun with 6-speed manual
With a manual gearbox, the V-12-powered T50 supercar will aim to emphasize driver involvement over performance figures.
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How Gordon Murray kept the T50 supercar's weight to 2,160 lbs
Gordon Murray Automotive examined every component in the forthcoming 650-horsepower T50 supercar to keep the weight down to just 2,160 pounds.
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Gordon Murray praises Alpine A110's handling, uses it as benchmark for T50 supercar
Murray thinks the tiny, 4-cylinder sports car has the best ride and handling of anything on the market right now.
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Should the T50 go racing, it probably won't be allowed with its rear-mounted fan.
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Gordon Murray could return to Le Mans with the T50, his McLaren F1 successor
Gordon Murray, father of the McLaren F1, is in talks to return to Le Mans with his company's T50 hypercar.
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Go on a virtual tour of Gordon Murray's past 50 years of car design
Go back over 50 years of Gordon Murray design in a free online virtual tour.
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Gordon Murray teases F1 successor complete with V-12, fan car tech
Gordon Murray has released the first details on what he calls the last and greatest "analog" supercar.
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Gordon Murray Design's iStream Superlight tech can cut car weight in half
British engineering outfit Gordon Murray Design has touted its iStream construction for a few years, but the latest iStream Superlight method doubles down on the architecture's core principles: it can cut a car's weight in half. Compared to traditional stamped metal, the iStream Superlight method...
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Jay Leno revisits Gordon Murray-designed Light Car Rocket
Gordon Murray is revered in the automotive design world. As he should be, considering that he's responsible for Brabham and McLaren Formula 1 cars that won many a Grand Prix. Oh, he also penned the supercar of supercars that is the McLaren F1. There have been a few other designs along the way...
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McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray has just launched a car manufacturing outfit. Called Gordon Murray Automotive, the new company is a spinoff of Murray’s eponymous design company formed in 2007 and responsible for the iStream production process. Gordon Murray Automotive will look to utilize iStream for low-volume production to be sold under the Gordon Murray label and will present its first model, described as a flagship, in November. The company could also end up producing cars for rival firms. iStream features Formula 1-derived construction and materials technologies that help keep...
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The McLaren F1 was almost all Formula 1 technology
It's hard to believe it's been a quarter of a century since the McLaren F1 took the world by storm. The now-legendary F1 has been heralded by car enthusiasts of multiple generations thanks to its world-record setting top-speed run and cutting-edge technology. Mind you, this car was built long...
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Gordon Murray design exhibition to celebrate 50 years of iconic cars
Gordon Murray has been more than a landmark figure in the automotive industry: at times, he has simply defined how supercars are engineered and designed. Now, his career to date will come to a crescendo at the Gordon Murray design exhibition. The exhibit will take place on November 3, 2017, at...
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Shell and Gordon Murray Design unveil city car concept
About a year ago we brought you news on a fuel-efficient car project undertaken by Shell and Gordon Murray Design. The result is the Shell Concept Car unveiled today, a three-seat city car that's said to be capable of returning up to 90 mpg. The Shell Concept Car isn’t intended for...
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TVR Sports Car To Utilize Gordon Murray’s iStream Carbon Construction
British sports car marque TVR has been revived and is planning a handful of new models, the first of which is coming in 2017 with a Cosworth-tuned version of the Mustang’s 5.0-liter V-8 and a design developed by none other than Gordon Murray. We now know a little more about the famed McLaren...
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Yamaha Sports Ride Concept First With Gordon Murray-Designed iStream Carbon
Yamaha has been hinting at a move into car manufacturing in recent years, with the firm recently teaming up with McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray to develop a city car concept called the Motiv. Now Yamaha is back with a new sports car concept unveiled today at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, and like...
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For fifty years, TVR built quirky sports cars, by hand, in Blackpool, England. Known for their distinctive (and occasionally odd) styling, TVRs were among the most polarizing boutique sports cars ever built. Fans of the marque loved its cars for the unique look and personality each TVR had, while critics panned them for spotty build quality and razor’s edge handling. TVR’s finest hour probably came at the hands of the late Peter Wheeler, who owned the company from 1984 until 2004. Under Wheeler’s ownership, the brand moved from V-6 engines back into V-8s, and penned such...
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McLaren F1 Designer Gordon Murray Praises The SCG003
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, maker of the road-going race car that is the SCG003, can now count among its many fans none other than McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray. The notoriously hard-to-please road and race car designer has previously described the current crop of hybrid supercars as being...
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Gordon Murray teams up with Shell to develop innovative city car concept
You may recall that legendary road and race car designer Gordon Murray, the man behind the McLaren F1 supercar, recently established his own design firm where he’s been focusing his attention on diminutive city cars and more efficient production processes—which he calls...
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Gordon Murray-Designed Yamaha Minicar Car Gets Zytek Electric Power
Gordon Murray is best-known for his work on the McLaren F1 supercar more than two decades ago, and as a top Formula One designer before that, but he's spent the last few years showing he can turn his attention to more realistic--if less exciting--projects too. The first fruits of that labor were...
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Gordon Murray: I’ve Got One More Supercar Left In Me
McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray has revealed that he wants to build a new supercar that could take on the likes of the latest LaFerrari from Ferrari and even the new P1 from his former employer McLaren. He sees those cars’ heavy electrical systems as being too cumbersome and not at all...
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Gordon Murray Teams With Yamaha On T25-Style Motiv City Car: Video
Yamaha has announced it is the first company to adopt McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray's innovative iStream production process--said to slash the cost of producing cars. The Japanese motorcycle manufacturer--and soon-to-be automaker--revealed its Motiv city car at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show today...
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