Saturday 5th August 2017

50 years of Gordon Murray design!

New collection will celebrate Murray's greatest hits with over 40 road and race cars

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For the past half a century, Gordon Murray has been involved with the design of some of the most significant road and race cars ever seen. Think about it: the McLaren F1 GTR that won Le Mans, the McLaren MP4/4 that won 15 of the 16 races in 1988 and gave Ayrton Senna a championship, plus the Brabham BT52 that secured Nelson Piquet the 1983 F1 world title. And that flat pack truck. And the new TVR...

Three seats, driver in the middle... basically an F1

To mark Gordon Murray's incredible contribution to the automotive world, a new exhibition will be opening in November celebrating his work. More than 40 road and race cars will be on display at the new Gordon Murray Design facility in Dunsfold; in addition to those mentioned above, there will be the infamous Brabham BT46B 'fan car', the roadgoing McLaren F1 LM and Murray's first creation, the IGM Ford Special. Its back story is a fascinating one, so that really will be something special to see.

The collection is being brought together to mark both 25 years of the McLaren F1 and also 10 years of Murray's iStream manufacturing technology; there will also be news about an "all-new, ground-breaking vehicle." Start guessing now...

The unique exhibition will open in November, after which the facility will begin its time as the new Gordon Murray Design automotive centre. It sounds like there are exciting times ahead for Murray then - more news soon!

[Source: Motorsport]

[Motorsport images: LAT Photo]

[AndySA]

The MP4/4 is still the cleanest and best looking F1 car.

That is won just about everything and was driven by legends is almost secondary, it is that beautiful.