Gordon Murray, the designer of the McLaren F1, which was the fastest production car for over a decade until the Bugatti Veyron dethroned it, is reportedly working on a new, lightweight supercar. Gordon Murray Design would like the supercar to be compact and lightweight, with power coming from a small displacement engine, resulting in low emissions.
Earlier this year, Caparo, one of the investors in Gordon Murray Design, announced plans to build street-legal versions of its T1 track car and a small city car, code-named T25. The new car may not necessarily be based on or in any way similar to the T1, and unlike the city car, it may be marketed and sold by the company, most likely under the Caparo badge.
“We wouldn’t necessarily sell on the supercar for someone else to make,” Murray said in an Autocar report.
The same production methods as used in the T25 are expected for the new supercar, including a rigid frame that may use a material other than pressed steel and body panels made from recycled plastic. It is also not known whether the car will use a front, mid or rear engine configuration, though nothing says supercar like a mid-ship mounted powerplant.
08/08, 1:46 PM
posted by:
F3INT))AP3X
Sweet?
08/08, 2:04 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Is the vehicle pictured a car or a fighter jet? It would be so sweet to rip around in one of those.
08/08, 2:45 PM
posted by:
ngrozdanov
It has quite weird side view mirrors!
08/08, 2:45 PM
posted by:
PetrolHeadPete
Hell yeah.
08/08, 3:26 PM
posted by:
tzu13
The car pictured is the Caparo T1, which is basically the closest you can get to being able to cruise the streets in a Formula 1 car.
http://www.caparo-t1.com/
08/08, 4:12 PM
posted by:
brassmonkey
At least it will be hard to see how ugly it is at very high speed.
08/08, 4:50 PM
posted by:
Mr. Piston
The Caparo T1 is one of the most dangerous cars (right now, i guess), one guy got severe burns from something that went wrong. On Top Gear it had problems (2) that needed to be fixed.
08/08, 6:03 PM
posted by:
nitinsharma1000
^^^^^ Yeah it was Jason Plato from Fifth Gear that got burnt. Did you see Jeremy Clarkson do the test on youtube. Its funny, spec if you like Team America World Police.
08/09, 4:10 AM
posted by:
Jimi137
The Caparo T1 is basically what u get if you make a no comprimise road/track car. Its probably one of the fastest and most exciting things 2 drive but don’t think your going to get a suitcase or even a pair of gloves in it; unlike the original McLaren F1 which featured an inbuilt suitcase set
And i really hope Gordan goes through with this and proves that you don’t need 1000+ hp to break the 250mph barrier. The McLaren F1 was, and still is the best supercar ever as it changed the normal supercar concept. When drawing up new supercar plans most manufactuers (including Bugatti and Lambo) think that it needs to be big and imposing and therefore heavy. Problem with that is that you need a massive engine to make it go anywhere and don’t even think about trying to park it somewhere. With McLaren thought they sed they wanted the perfect handling, uncomprimising performance car that was a close a simulation the public to get of being in a formula 2 car. So they made it small (its only the same size as a ford focus), made a central driving position and used a normally aspirated V12 BMW engine with a modest 650ish hp.
Anyway if Gordan wants to recreate this then go for it m8. Britain needs to be on top again and prove that there is an alternative to building a car the size of London if u want to go fast.
08/09, 10:28 PM
posted by:
deutschetouring1337
All you need is a light chassis and a gearbox able to withstand the heat.
08/11, 12:04 AM
posted by:
whips001
wierd looking but very fast, watch the Top Gear episode featuring this car…this car is also extremely unsafe and cannot go over speed bumps
08/11, 2:18 AM
posted by:
DriveCritic
A replacement for the Tumbler in the next Batman movie, perhaps?
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08/21, 4:11 PM
posted by:
btor42
Well Koenigsegg is really the one who dethroned the McLaren F1 LM back in 2005 when it hit 245MPH then 10 months later the Bugatti dethroned the Koenigsegg when it hit 253MPH. As for the Caparo T1 the power to weight ratio is I believe 2 to 1 over a Bugatti with a race tuned 3.0 Litre V8.