Gordon Murray opens up about the design of new T.33 Spider

OFFICIAL Latest addition to the line-up was envisaged at the same time as closed-roof model

- John Mcllroy

GORDON Murray has already sold out the track version and the everyday' T.33 supercar. Now the designer of the legendary McLaren F1 is opening up the last of those models, with the new T.33 Spider.

Limited to 100 examples, the Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) T.33 Spider uses the same basic construction as the T.33. It tips the scales at only 1,108kg - just 18kg more than the coupé - not much for a vehicle that packs a reworked version of the T.50's 3.9-litre Cosworth-developed V12 engine. It has 609bhp and 451Nm of torque - 75 per cent of which is available from just 2,500rpm.

The T.33 Spider will be available with a six-speed manual gearbox, after the 'seamless-shift' automatic that GMA initially offered with the fixed-roof variant was abandoned due to low customer demand.