ULTRA-EXCLUSIVE GMA SUPERCARS UNLEASHED

Two new bespoke V12 cars signal firm's move into rarefied territory

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Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) has revealed a longtail reworking of the T50 and a reimagining of the Le Mans-winning McLaren F1 GTR LM as the first two cars from its new Special Vehicles division at Monterey Car Week in California.

GMSV is the Surrey firm's answer to Bentley's Mulliner and Lamborghini's Ad Personam divisions. Its brief is to create one- and few-off special editions with their own styling and mechanical makeup and enable greater scope for customisation.

GMSV will have three product lines: SV Design will create limited-run special editions; Bespoke will handle unique, customer-commissioned one-offs; and Heritage is for continuation-style reworkings of cars originally designed by company chairman Gordon Murray.

LE MANS GTR

The GMSV Le Mans GTR is based on the GMA T50 hypercar, but aside from its powertrain, “almost every other element of the car” has been modified.

It keeps the T50's Cosworth-designed, naturally aspirated 4.0-litre V12 and six-speed manual gearbox but wraps the running gear in a completely bespoke bodyshell that's inspired by the legendary 'longtail' racers that dominated at Le Mans for decades - including such icons as the Matra-Simca MS660, Porsche 917, Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 and Murray-designed McLaren F1 GTR.