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Gordon Murray Automotive
About
Gordon Murray Automotive is a British supercar manufacturer founded in 2017 by Professor Gordon Murray, the designer of the McLaren F1 road car and numerous Formula 1 championship-winning cars for Brabham and McLaren. The company is part of the Gordon Murray Group, headquartered in Windlesham, Surrey, where a purpose-built headquarters and production campus opened in 2024.
The company's first model, the T.50, is positioned as a spiritual successor to the McLaren F1. It features a central driving position, a 3.9-litre Cosworth V12 that revs to over 12,000 rpm, a manual gearbox, a weight of under 1,000 kg, and a rear-mounted fan that actively manages aerodynamics. Production is limited to 100 units priced from 2.36 million pounds before taxes, all of which sold out before production began. A track-only T.50s Niki Lauda edition is limited to 25 examples.
The follow-up T.33, also V12-powered and limited to 100 units per body style, extends the range with coupe, Spider, and estate-style variants. Every car is hand-assembled in Surrey with an emphasis on lightweight engineering, analogue driver engagement, and long-term collectability.
Sales are handled directly and through a small network of appointed retail partners worldwide, with each commission individually specified by the customer.
The company's first model, the T.50, is positioned as a spiritual successor to the McLaren F1. It features a central driving position, a 3.9-litre Cosworth V12 that revs to over 12,000 rpm, a manual gearbox, a weight of under 1,000 kg, and a rear-mounted fan that actively manages aerodynamics. Production is limited to 100 units priced from 2.36 million pounds before taxes, all of which sold out before production began. A track-only T.50s Niki Lauda edition is limited to 25 examples.
The follow-up T.33, also V12-powered and limited to 100 units per body style, extends the range with coupe, Spider, and estate-style variants. Every car is hand-assembled in Surrey with an emphasis on lightweight engineering, analogue driver engagement, and long-term collectability.
Sales are handled directly and through a small network of appointed retail partners worldwide, with each commission individually specified by the customer.
Supercars
Gordon Murray Automotive builds analogue V12 supercars conceived by the designer of the McLaren F1. The T.50 combines a central driving seat, a 12,100 rpm Cosworth V12, a manual gearbox, and fan-assisted aerodynamics in a sub-1,000 kg package, with production strictly limited to 100 cars plus the track-only T.50s.
Brand Details
Brand Tier
Ultra-Luxury
Price Range
$1,800,000 - $4,000,000
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Windlesham, United Kingdom
Parent Company
Gordon Murray Group
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Gordon Murray Automotive represents perhaps the purest expression of engineer-led supercar philosophy currently in production, and Professor Murray's direct lineage from the original McLaren F1 gives the T.50 a legitimacy no rival can borrow or replicate. The specification choices are deliberately contrarian in an era of turbocharged forced induction and dual-clutch gearboxes: a naturally aspirated V12 revving past 12,000 rpm, a manual transmission, sub-1,000kg weight, and a central driving position all prioritize analogue driver engagement over headline horsepower numbers. The rear-mounted fan, an aerodynamic idea Murray previously explored decades earlier, shows genuine engineering continuity rather than trend-chasing. Selling out all 100 units before production began confirms the market's appetite for this specific, uncompromising philosophy over more conventional hypercar formulas. The T.33's broader range extends the approach without diluting it. Interior space and everyday comfort are inevitably sacrificed to the car's central design mission, but for collectors specifically seeking mechanical purity and driver connection at the absolute top of the market, few current manufacturers execute that vision as coherently.
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