GMA Gordon Murray Special Vehicles

[Centurion]

Sultan of Brunei is this you?

Coach building is back baby. We are about to enter an era of custom cars.

Back to the S1 LM (Special vehicle 1, Le Mans) - only five will be built, all going to the same customer who has a healthy obsession (like most of us) with Gordon’s 1995 Le Mans winning F1 GTR, and worked with the GMA team and his own designer to create a road-legal, modern interpretation of his all-time hero. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/fi...turned-meet-gordon-murrays-stunning-new-s1-lm

 

[Spet000]

The S1 LM is a weird one to me. It's not even designed by Gordon Murray and apparently all 5 are going to the same customer. It's a glorified F1 T50-Restomod with a Gordon Murray badge more than anything.

 

[Centurion]

customer. It's a glorified F1 T50-Restomod with a Gordon Murray badge more than anything.

That’s exactly what the customer desired and what some McLaren F1 fans might want. I absolutely love it.

These ultra low volume cars by Bugatti, Gordon Murray, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin or Ferrari will either:
-Take inspiration from the past.
-Carry designs that are not for everyone and basically not on brand.

 

[A.P.]

These are definitely the most interesting cars coming out of Quail 2025.

 

[Sunny]

The blue one is just ugly. The silverish one looks like someone asked AI to render a Mclaren F1.

 

[martinbo]

The blue one is just ugly.

I agree. The wife said just that too - "it's ugly".

The silverish one looks like someone asked AI to render a Mclaren F1.

This for me is even worse because it's a flagrant immitation of what should left as venerable and revered. It's like someone at GMA just can't let go of the F1 and leave it be.
Honestly, it looks like an F1 by Temu. Dreadful.

 

[klier]

The rear of the GMSV S1 LM (sheesh) is spectacular and ten times better than the T50 with that stupid fan.
For the rest? Yeah. Ali Baba comes to mind. And that blue car is simply hideous all around.

All that said, I am sure all these GMA cars must be a riot to drive.

I I definitely think I wouldn't quite think about how it looks if I'd sit there behind that steering wheel in the middle

 

[martinbo]

I definitely think I wouldn't quite think about how it looks if I'd sit there behind that steering wheel in the middle

I agree and that's exactly how I feel about the road-going T.50 - I could care less about its looks, the driving experience can only be unlike anything else out there. Not even close. Which brings me to an idea for a thread topic...

 

[Tuffode]

I love the way these look, along side with the T.50 and T.33. It's just pretty shameful that they are only making 5 of the F1 recreation and they are all going to the same buyer. Basically guaranteeing they don't get used.