- First two models from the new Gordon Murray Special Vehicles division will make their global debut at The Quail during Monterey Car Week
- Production of all 100 customer T.50 supercars will be complete by the end of July
- Entire Gordon Murray vehicle line-up confirmed for ‘60 years of car design’ celebration at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Surrey, UK, 16 June 2025 – British advanced automotive engineering and design company, Gordon Murray Group (GMG), has announced that its new ‘Special Vehicles’ division will reveal its first two models on 15 August at The Quail – A Motorsport Gathering, during Monterey Car Week.
The first of the two new supercars represents a bespoke customer commission, with the second car designed by the Gordon Murray Special Vehicles (GMSV) team. Details of the two cars will remain under wraps until The Quail unveiling in California, but the Gordon Murray ethos of lightweight design and engineering art design are at the heart of both new vehicles.
The news comes as T.50 customer car production nears its conclusion, with the entire 100-unit exclusive production run set for completion by the end of July. Built at GMA’s new Highams Park headquarters and purchased by owners from 19 countries around the world, the T.50 is the purest expression of Driving Perfection.
Phillip Lee, Gordon Murray Group CEO: “We are excited to take our existing customers on our GMSV journey in addition to bringing new owners into the Gordon Murray family. We are excited to offer customers the opportunity to create the bespoke supercar of their dreams with the GMSV design and engineering teams. We’re also enthusiastic to show the world’s automotive fans our most unique expressions of the Gordon Murray Automotive ethos through GMSV.”
The Gordon Murray Group took the decision to streamline its product launch plans, revising the timeline for the next generation of the GMA T.33 to fall after the peaks of summertime activity. The Group will focus on celebrating 60 years of car design by company founder Professor Gordon Murray CBE at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July, before launching the two all-new GMSV models in California during August.
Professor Gordon Murray, Group Executive Chairman: “I can barely believe it’s been 60 years I’ve been designing and engineering race and road cars – I can’t wait to reminisce with the thousands of fans at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Gordon Murray Special Vehicles double debut that follows just a month later will offer customers old and new even more ways to be part of our celebration of cars and driving.”
The Gordon Murray team confirmed the complete line up of models that will feature as part of the 60 years of car design celebrations at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The list includes the full Gordon Murray Automotive line up of T.50, T.50s Niki Lauda, and T.33 prototypes alongside key models from the 60-year car design career of Gordon Murray.
2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed – Gordon Murray 60-year celebration vehicles
- 1967 IGM Ford (T.1) – The first model designed by Gordon in 1965 and raced in 1967 and 1968 in South Africa, before he moved to the UK.
- 1972 Duckhams LM (T.3) – Murray designed a 3-litre prototype for racing driver Alain de Cadenet to drive in 1972 at Le Mans. Backed by the Duckhams oil company, Gordon completed this moonlight project within six months. It finished 12th overall and 5th in its class.
- 1972 IGM Formula 750 (T.4) – Designed during his first two years at Brabham, Gordon had to abandon the project mid-build when Bernie Ecclestone promoted him at Brabham. It was the first car design with rod-operated rising rate suspension – a setup subsequently adopted by most Formula One teams in the early 1980s and carried through to the racing cars of today.
- 1974 BT44 (T.6) – Gordon’s first car to win a Formula One race (South Africa, Kyalami Circuit). It also ended the season with a one-two finish, and the fastest lap at Watkins Glen.
- 1975 Brabham BT44B – Subtle changes were made to the BT44 for the 1975 season including stiffening the front of the monocoque, and more carefully honed aerodynamics. The car won at Interlagos, Brazil and the Nürburgring, Germany contributing to the team’s second place position in the Constructor’s Championship.
- 1976 BT45 (T.7) – The Brabham team’s first exploration of a 12-cylinder engine (an Autodelta SpA 3-litre flat-12 engine) [Static]
- 1978 Brabham BT46B ‘Fan Car’ (T.9) – For the 1978 season, regulations stated that any part of the car with a primary function designed to affect aerodynamic performance had to remain stationary relative to the car. Gordon realised that he could therefore develop a fan system with a primary function of cooling the radiator, and a secondary function of ‘sucking’ the car to the ground. The car infamously won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix with Niki Lauda at the wheel before being withdrawn under Bernie’s orders ‘for the good of the Championship’.
- 1981 BT49 (T.11) – After a 14-year hiatus from its last Drivers’ Championship victory, Brabham finished at the top of the table in 1981 thanks to this ingenious design. Murray and his colleague David North developed a hydro-pneumatic suspension system, which automatically held the car low once the natural aerodynamic forces had pushed it down, neatly circumnavigating a new rule banning driver-operated systems that had the same effect.
- 1983 Brabham BT52 (T.15) – Following a rule change that outlawed skirted cars, Murray removed the side pods, moving 7% more weight to the rear axle. As the first model to consistently utilise a strategic pit stop, it ended the season winning the Drivers’ Championship with Nelson Piquet.
- 1988 McLaren MP4/4 – This model dominated the 1988 Championship with Senna and Prost taking an unprecedented 15 wins out of 16 races to secure the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship titles.
- 1992 LCC Rocket – Weighing less than 400 kg, the ‘Light Car Company Rocket’ had a 145 bhp Yamaha engine and a tandem seating setup. Boasting phenomenally agile handling, the power-to-weight ratio far exceeded even the most powerful supercars of the time.
- 1993 F1 XP3 (T.22) – In designing the F1, Gordon envisaged what he believed would make the ultimate road car. It was the world’s first all-carbon fibre road car and the first road car with ground-effect aerodynamics. In 1993, a McLaren F1 prototype reached a record-breaking 231 mph at Nardo. Five years later, Andy Wallace drove the XP5 prototype at Ehra-Lessien, setting a new production car world record of 240.1 mph, a record it still holds today as the fastest naturally aspirated road car.
- 1995 McLaren F1 GTR Short Tail – This iconic racing supercar achieved the 1995 win of the 24 hours of Le Mans. Gordon adapted the regular F1 adding an aerodynamic body kit, carbon brakes, and strengthened suspension, alongside necessary electrical / interior racing revisions.
- 1997 McLaren F1 GTR Long Tail – The ‘Longtail’ F1 GTR weighed around 900kg and produced multiples of the downforce achieved by the ‘short tail’ cars. It was enough to win the GT1 class at Le Mans in 1997.
- 2023 GMA T.50 PS4 – Engineered to be the purest, lightest, most driver-centric supercar ever built, the T.50 is powered by a bespoke 3.9-litre, 670 PS V12 engine that revs to a record-breaking 12,100rpm. It also features the most advanced and effective aerodynamics ever seen on a road car – aided by a 400mm rear-mounted fan.
- 2024 GMA T.50s Niki Lauda XP1 – The T.50s Niki Lauda is an uncompromising track-only supercar that enhances driver engagement even further than its road going sibling. Lighter still than the T.50, at less than 900 kg, the more powerful (772 PS) T.50s delivers a one-of-a-kind on-track driving experience, revving to 12,100 rpm.
- 2025 GMA T.33 AP4 – The classically-proportioned T.33 is packaged with the 617 PS 3.9-litre GMA.2 V12 engine that revs to 11,100 rpm. Offered in coupe and Spider form, the T.33 uniquely delivers the brand’s characteristic ‘driving perfection’ alongside a V12 soundtrack like no other.
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