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Gordon Murray"s new baby supercar will be about the size of an Alpine A110, and have a better power-to-weight ratio. It"ll do that by weighing just 850kg, Murray said today. He also specified the engine will be a mid-mounted 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbo, making 220bhp, and it"ll use a six-speed manual transmission. The codename is T43, the 43rd car he has designed, including all the grand prix machines and the McLaren F1, plus his personal one-offs. The ultra-light weight stems from its construction, Murray"s iStream system in its lightest form. This uses simple aluminium sections. Carbonfibre panels are bonded in to the aluminium frame, so as to add to the strength. Murray also showed today a rendering of the structure.
Date written: 11 Sep 2018
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Gordon Murray"s new baby supercar will be about the size of an Alpine A110, and have a better power-to-weight ratio. It"ll do that by weighing just 850kg, Murray said today. He also specified the engine will be a mid-mounted 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbo, making 220bhp, and it"ll use a six-speed manual transmission. The codename is T43, the 43rd car he has designed, including all the grand prix machines and the McLaren F1, plus his personal one-offs. The ultra-light weight stems from its construction, Murray"s iStream system in its lightest form. This uses simple aluminium sections. Carbonfibre panels are bonded in to the aluminium frame, so as to add to the strength. Murray also showed today a rendering of the structure.
Date written: 11 Sep 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13282