Gordon Murray and his T.50 revealed

[Matt Bacon]

If you've got 50-odd minutes to spare, you won't find a better masterclass in 1:1 automotive design and engineering than this lengthy guided walkaround of the the new T.50 "hyper-GT" from Gordon Murray. Harry Metcalf is a knowledgeable car guy himself, but this is really Gordon Murray introducing his masterpiece. He never takes pot-shots, but you do end up wondering how much of what McLaren, Lamborghini and Ferrari are doing is just "styling" rather than design...

@Ace-Garageguy Bill, I think you'll appreciate this...

best,

M.

[Matt Bacon]

OK, so it costs the best part of $3m., but as Gordon says, for the people who are buying it, it's objectively a better car than the Mclaren F.1 at an 80% discount on what one of those costs these days...

best,

M.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

4 hours ago, Matt Bacon said:

Bill, I think you'll appreciate this...

Thank you sir. I will indeed.   

[mrmike]

I saw this on Supercar Blondie's website.  It looks impressive!  And, I thought all he was doing was electric cars...

[Draggon]

It has a fan! Awesome!

 

[Matt Bacon]

Wait ‘til you hear about the six different modes the fan operates in, from “virtual long tail” streamliner to maximum downforce braking where it takes 10m off the stopping distance from 150mph. Oh, and it provides about 50kg of jet thrust. The F1 had two fans, says Gordon “but nobody noticed them...”

best,

M.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Finally had a chance to sit down and watch all the way through.

Beautiful car, hugely talented and skilled designer/engineer, no ugly "aero" whiffles and flippers everywhere stinking up the clean lines, and no damm touch screens and paddle shifter/slushbox.

It's just flat wonderful to see such a passionate blend of art and engineering. 

Thanks Matt.   

PS: Only thing I'm not too keen on is the virtual lack of a flywheel, and the engine management computer apparently going to be responsible for engine/gearbox speed matching, taking away some of the fun of the classic heel-and-toe dance. It's part of the price of getting the center of engine mass so exquisitely low in the chassis, so it is what it is.

But I have a feeling the development phase of that part of the electronics package will end up giving the driver a choice of mode that mimics old-school downshifting quite accurately.   

Edited August 13, 2020 by Ace-Garageguy