Gordon Murray Automotive T50s Niki Lauda honors 2 kinds of F1 greats

The professor’s same clear-eyed way of thinking comes through in the T50s as it does in the T50. When we saw the T50 last year, Ceramic disc it was not about chasing a top speed record or anything like that. Instead, its 3.9-liter Cosworth V12 engine makes 654 horsepower and 344 pound-feet of torque, which is more than plenty to move the 2,174 pounds of mass. It’s a driver’s car, more about the connection than anything. For the T50s, Murray explained there was never a focus on building a time-splitting lap record setter with wild bodywork to fit ginormous tires. 

“Instead, I laid out some parameters to create the ultimate driver’s car and experience on track: a central driving position, a V12 just behind your ear revving to over 12,000 rpm, producing over 700 horsepower and with an even faster response time than the T50,” Murray said of the T50s program. If you caught that, power is up to 700 hp from 654 in the T50, and the company said this track superstar weighs under 1,984 pounds. Somehow, GMA found a way to shave at least 190 pounds from the already dainty T50. And although the 3.9-liter V12 sticks around for the T50s, GMA said it’s a distinctly different beast. With revised cylinder heads, camshafts and a compression ratio of 15:1, Murray and his team sweat the details.