After the T50 supercar debut, many of our readers noted with arrogance that Gordon Murray basically created the 2020s McLaren F1. His super sports car is light, fast, powerful and keeps things limited to the essentials. Oh, it even has the same seating layout as the legendary F1.
It’s safe to say that Murray is obsessed with lightweight sports cars, and his personal collection more than proves it. Top Gear’s latest video takes a look at the F1 dad’s amazing collection, and the hour-long footage reveals a number of very interesting subjects and vehicles.
It starts with Murray explaining the purpose and overall concept of the location where the video is being shot. Then the South African-born British designer talks more about the T.50 – the pure track version of his super sports car with a naturally aspirated engine, which he describes as “the best track experience so far”. We haven’t had a chance to get behind the wheels of this track beast, although we tend to believe him.
Several cars from his collection can be seen in the video, and the heaviest of them is the Mercedes-Benz SLR weighing around 1,600 kilograms. That’s very difficult in the world of light sports cars, but Murray says nearly three-quarters of his cars weigh less than 800 kg.
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Murray next talks about the beginnings of his career and how he designed his first sports car at the age of 19. At the time, money was his biggest problem, and he somehow managed to build the entire car for as little as $ 275. The video also shows the original instruments Murray used to draw the McLaren F1 and many of Brabham’s Formula 1 cars, and more.
