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OF THE BEST FEATURES OF THE GORDON MURRAY AUTOMOTIVE T.50 The legendary designer has created an incredible new supercar – Darren Cassey discovers the details.
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ny list of the most iconic cars ever made will feature the McLaren F1. When it was released in the 1990s it was well ahead of its time, and its designer Gordon Murray is world renowned as one of the greatest ever. He’s created a new company in his own name and has just revealed his first supercar, called the T.50. No expense has been spared in the production of the car, which has a host of fascinating details, and here we highlight some of the vehicle’s coolest features. 42 | CarDealerMag.co.uk
Central driving position and no touchscreens
It’s lightweight
Much like Gordon Murray’s earlier design, the McLaren F1, the T.50 has a central driving position with a seat behind on each side for passengers to provide the purest possible driving experience. There’s nothing in the car that’s unnecessary so there are no touchscreens because Murray isn’t a fan of them. Instead, the car connects wirelessly to the driver’s phone for entertainment and navigation purposes. Anything that can’t be controlled through the phone has a physical button or dial.
Given the huge performance and mid-rear-mounted V12 engine, you might be surprised to learn that the T.50 is tiny – it’s actually slightly shorter than a Porsche 911. That’s partly because Murray didn’t want anything unnecessary on the car so as to keep the weight low. Through the use of lightweight materials and clever tricks such as hollowing out the alloy wheels, the T.50 weighs just 986kg. For some perspective, the Mazda MX-5 – itself considered a tiny, lightweight car – weighs more than 1,100kg.
