Gordon Murray, the race car designer and engineer best known for the McLaren F1 supercar, says his new T50 will offer a driving experience "to surpass any supercar ever built."
The three-seat T50 was revealed on Tuesday via webcast, with customer deliveries set to start in January 2022. It will be built in the UK by Murray’s company, Gordon Murray Automotive.
The T50 closely follows the blueprint of the F1 from 1992, down to a V-12 engine and a three-seat cockpit layout with the driver occupying the central seat. It will improve on the F1 “in every conceivable way,” Murray said in a statement.
The biggest difference is in the inclusion of a 400mm ground-effects fan that dominates the rear of the car and aids aerodynamics.
The T50 will cost 2.8 million pounds ($3.6 million) in the UK and is limited to 100 units. The car will be sold globally and more than two-thirds of the production run have been spoken for already, the company said.
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