Manufacturing of the Gordon Murray-designed T.50 supercar is now underway at GMA’s new manufacturing facility in Highams Park, England. As soon as the 100 examples of that automobile are constructed, GMA will then begin cranking out examples of the extra excessive T.50s Niki Lauda observe automobile.
Growth of the T.50s Niki Lauda is ongoing, and this previous weekend a prototype marked the automobile’s official dynamic debut through the Goodwood Members Meet on the Goodwood Motor Circuit. It was joined on the observe by a prototype for the tamer T.33 supercar.
Like its road-going sibling, the T.50s Niki Lauda has a rear-mounted fan impressed by Murray’s Brabham BT46B “Fan Automobile” Method 1 racer. However whereas the T.50 has six modes for this fan, the T50s solely has one—excessive downforce. A most 2,645 kilos of downforce is the goal.
Within the T.50s, the fan spins at a continuing 7,000 rpm to constantly generate that downforce. The automobile will get a lot of different aerodynamic add-ons as effectively, together with a roof scoop that works as a ram-air consumption for the V-12 engine, a stabilizing fin like those used on Le Mans prototypes, and a big rear spoiler.
Behind the driving force sits the Cosworth-developed 3.9-liter V-12 that is shared with the T.50, however output right here is elevated to a most 725 hp, with the identical 12,100-rpm redline as earlier than. Drive goes to the rear wheels solely through a 6-speed sequential gearbox developed by Xtrac. The street automobile sticks with a 6-speed handbook.
Previous to the Goodwood dynamic debut, GMA introduced that 24 examples of the T.50s Niki Lauda will every have a singular chassis identify linked to a Grand Prix victory achieved by a Murray-designed automobile, beginning with the 1974 South African Grand Prix on the Kyalami Circuit. It was Murray’s first success in F1, when the Brabham BT44 he designed was pushed to victory by Carlos Reutemann.
One instance of the T.50s Niki Lauda could have a reputation linked to the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was gained by a McLaren F1 GTR.
The T.50s Niki Lauda is priced 3.1 million British kilos (roughly $3.9 million), and all construct slots are already claimed, GMA has confirmed.