- Gordon Murray Automotive is building just 25 units of the T.50S.
- Power comes from a Cosworth V12, and the car weighs just 1,878 lbs.
- While the T.50S looks extremely intimidating, it’s actually quite refined.
If Gordon Murray wanted to design and build the fastest street or track car ever conceived, we have little doubt that he could. However, with the T.50 and the subsequent T.33, the legendary F1 designer elected not to do that and instead focused on creating a car aimed at maximizing driver enjoyment that just happens to be extraordinarily fast too.
GMA’s current flagship is the T.50S. While it shares its name with the road-going T.50, it has very little in common with that car, as Dario Franchitti recently told veteran journalist Chris Harris. In fact, the only carryover parts it has from the regular include the headlights, taillights, windshield, and the same basic Cosworth V12 block, albeit extremely upgraded.
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To see what the T.50S is capable of, Harris had the chance to drive it at the old Top Gear Test Track. This is about as extreme as road-related track cars can get, and yet Harris says it’s shockingly approachable and that the V12 provides extremely linear power.
Key to the car’s appeal is the fact that it weighs just 1,878 lbs, or 852 kg. To put that into perspective, an Aston Martin Valkyrie weighs 2,271 lbs (1,030 kg), while the AMR Pro version is only about 66 lbs (30 kg) lighter. With so little weight, the T.50S darts through corners with ease before sprinting down the straights and quickly building up speed as the engine starts to get revved out.
Not The Monster You’d Expect
Harris is particularly complimentary of how smooth the engine is. Like some of the car’s competition, the V12 is solidly mounted to the carbon fiber chassis, and yet, very few vibrations can be felt through the bulkhead or the seat, giving it a sense of refinement that’s often missing with cars as focused as this.
Total production of the T.50S is capped at just 25 units, and they’ve all already been sold. Given how prices of the road-going model have soared, we suspect prices of the T.50S will also jump considerably, making us even more envious of those who already own one.
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