Gordon Murray brought us the iconic McLaren F1. Now he’s making his own three-seat supercar successor, the GMA T.50 with a new 3.9-liter Cosworth V12, and they fired it up for the first time.
Late last week Gordon Murray Automotive, the developer of Formula One designer Gordon Murray’s new supercar, known as the T.50, released a video of the first full version of the newly developed 3.9-liter V12 engine. by Cosworth.
Unit He reports that the new engine is anticipated to weigh approximately 132 pounds less than BMW’s 6.2-liter V12 in the old McLaren F1, while producing more power. Unfortunately, as you can see from the video and description, things are slow and steady, for now, they only test up to about a tenth of the potential engine revs.
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England’s alloy DOHC engine is sure to fill up with machined internal components made of titanium and other expensive metals making it capable of accelerating to 12,100 rpm, thus beating the Aston Martin Valkyrie’s 6.5-liter V12 at roughly what is idle speed. of a standard road car. Aston’s 1,000-horsepower engine, also manufactured by Cosworth, is ready to cut its fuel to 11,400 rpm.
What Gordon Murray Automotive claims to be “the fastest responding naturally aspirated V12 ever made for a road car” was first tested in the form of three cylinders, exceeding the team’s power and torque expectations as early as March. .
The car, whose full name is the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 supercar, will also get a six-speed manual gearbox developed by motorsport specialists at Xtrac. GMA claims this new gearbox is 22 pounds lighter than the McLaren F1’s custom six-speed gear, so grab that Gordon Murray of 30 years ago.
The total target weight for the T.50 is 980 kilograms, or 2,160 pounds, so these slight improvements over F1 are contributing to some shocking statistics. If the T.50 maintains its target weight, that will put it 158 kilos (349 pounds) lighter than the McLaren F1, and even 450 kilos (992 pounds) lighter than the contemporary three-seater McLaren Speedtail.
The T.50 will have a three-seat interior layout, just like the F1 and Speedtail before it, with the driver positioned in the center and flanked by two passenger seats on his shoulders.
Previous reports indicated estimated prices for the T.50 north of $ 2.5 million before tax. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2022, but American cars must enter the country under “show and show“Restrictions. Hey, you’re paying for a car with a fan running in the back, like the damn Batmobile. Put on your hockey pants and pay
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