It is not daily one can head over to the web site of a carmaker and be greeted by a message studying “the unique manufacturing run [for all vehicles] has all been secured and allotted.” But that is precisely what one faces over at Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA).
A sports activities automobile by commerce, the automobile made its dynamic debut on the Goodwood Members’ Assembly in 2021, wowing the crowds with its spectacular traces and the roar of the naturally aspirated Cosworth 3.9-liter V12 engine that animates it.
Since its official introduction, the T.50 went on to spawn a race-spec model as effectively. Introduced ever since 2020, the so-called T.50s Niki Lauda might be making its world rolling debut on the Goodwood Members’ Assembly as effectively.
The automobile is powered by the identical engine because the common model, the above-mentioned Cosworth monster, and on this utility it develops 761 horsepower at 11,500 rpm. That is 195 horsepower per liter, making the engine extra highly effective even than the equal System 1 engine.
The observe automobile weighs simply 890 kg (1,962 lbs), which is sort of 100 kg (220 kilos) lighter than the model meant for the street. That makes it significantly quick, so to assist it keep on the bottom GMA fitted it with aerodynamic parts that generate virtually double the automobile’s weight in downforce – 1,500 kg (3,306 kilos).
Serving to the automobile come to a cease, or at the least decelerate when want be, are a set of Brembo carbon ceramic discs with six-piston calipers on the entrance and four-piston calipers on the rear.
GMA began manufacturing of the T.50s final yr, and can solely roll out a restricted (and undisclosed) variety of vehicles. Every of them is priced at £3.1 million earlier than taxes, which at right now’s change charges means over $3.9 million.
The massive sum lands those that ordered such a automobile not solely the automobile itself, but in addition the set-up, coaching, and racing and help. As a result of one cannot actually deal with such a monster with out the right backup.
The 2024 Goodwood Members’ Assembly takes place this weekend, beginning April 13. The T.50s might be on location with the mission’s improvement driver, Dario Franchitti, behind the wheel. The automobile will make its dynamic debut on Sunday, trailing a T.33 mule automobile codenamed James as a part of a two-car demo.
GMA will carry to the occasion the mentioned T.50s Niki Lauda, but in addition two T.50 fashions and three engines: the GMA V12, the GMA.S V12, and the Alfa Romeo 115-12.