Murray's latest supercar is 607bhp V12 daily driver

British designer’s new £1.4m T33 is a “more practical” junior sibling to T50 flagship

- STEVE CROPLEY

Gordon Murray Automotive has unveiled its second supercar, a “more practical” £1.4 million stablemate to the three-seat, V12-powered T50 fan-car flagship that it revealed in August 2020.

The T33, which is built on an all-new carbon-aluminium monocoque chassis, is slightly longer than the T50 and its cabin is designed for two occupants. The car uses a specially adapted version of GMA’s Cosworth-designed 3.9-litre V12 engine with even more low-speed torque but a slightly lower rev limit of 11,100rpm compared with 12,000rpm in the T50.

Further preserving the T50’s status as GMA’s flagship, the T33 uses newly developed passive underbody aerodynamic principles to deliver aero downforce as speeds rise, rather than the T50’s innovative fan system, which works at any speed.

The T33 weighs about 100kg more than the T50 at the kerb, and its price shaves £1m off that of its senior sibling.

“If you can have only one supercar,” said GMA founder and boss Gordon Murray, “the T33 is designed to be the one you should have.”

In other ways, the two GMA models are closely related. Both are about the same length as the Porsche 718 Boxster but more than 200kg lighter. Their body proportions are considerably different (the T50’s screen is around 10in further forward to accommodate its centrally seated driver), but they share a carefully created family look.

Murray and his design assistant Kevin Richards are responsible for the styling of both, created in-house with a small team of CAD modellers.

Q&A GORDON MURRAY, FOUNDER AND CEO, GMA