Small-run and unique designs will be what Gordon Murray Special Vehicles, a part of Gordon Murray Automotive, does best. The company will show off its first two prototypes at The Quail during Monterey Car Week 2025. Only 24 GMSV Le Mans GTRs will be built, featuring an extended tail that gives the car a strikingly futuristic, almost extraterrestrial look. Production of the GMSV S1 LM is limited to just five units, as requested by the client. Gordon Murray’s name will always be linked to the famous McLaren F1, but we just heard it used to talk about the T.50, which is his more advanced version of that car. That being said, this is all about GMA, or Gordon Murray Automotive. Gordon Murray Special Vehicles (GMSV) was created because Mr. Murray’s great ideas were too good to stay in one business. Thanks to GMSV, Murray can explore new ideas, custom orders, and ongoing projects that draw inspiration from history. GMSV showcased two ongoing concepts at The Quail during Monterey Car Week in 2025, but there are numerous other potential projects. Both cars are based on the T.50’s light, fast form, and are influenced by Le Mans. The first is GMSV’s “Le Mans GTR,” which is built on “longtail” designs that have a longer back deck. Race fans and car designers liked the style because the back was widened, which makes it more stable and reduces downforce at high speeds. The GTR features a completely new body designed for improved grip and cornering. It also doesn’t have the controversial rear fan that was in the T.50 and T.50S. It has the same GMA 4.0-liter V-12 engine and six-speed manual gearbox as the T.50. Its big rear wing and wider diffuser might not be as much of a problem, but the owner won’t have to describe how they work. Due to air intakes on the roof, the GTR will sound as fierce as it looks, and it will be able to reach 12,100 rpm. GMSV will also make an SV Design model of the GTR. This version will have bigger tires, a wider track, better cooling for real-world track use, and a suspension that is lighter and stronger. GMSV expert Dario Franchitti says that the Le Mans GTR will be driven differently than the T.50, though it won’t be specifically designed for the track. 24 GMSV says that all of the Le Mans GTR cars that were planned have been sold. It’s still early days for the show GTR. If you can figure out why GMSV picked 24 for the run, you’ll get a cookie. The famous marathon race lasts for how many hours? The customer told Murray exactly what they wanted: a car that looked just like the modified McLaren F1 GTR that won Le Mans in 1995. This meant that Murray didn’t have to look for buyers for the S1 LM. Even though it tucks in more in the middle, it looks a lot more like a McLaren than the GTR. It has the coke-bottle form Murray has long complained was missing from the original F1. It should be part of the end plan because wheels with five spokes look great on it. Pop-up headlights will probably be taken off before production starts, which is a shame. The S1 LM comes with a split rear wing, a central four-part exhaust, a roof-mounted air intake, and a central airfoil. It is powered by the same bored-out naturally aspirated 4.3-liter V12 engine found in the T.50. The driver noted, “It’s lighter!” Like its counterpart, the S1 LM channels air from beneath the body using a large rear diffuser and prominent wing. For this particular buyer, a single custom Gordon Murray car was not enough—five road-legal S1 LM vehicles have now been commissioned. Phillip Lee, CEO of the Gordon Murray Group, says that all of these odd projects and sold-out runs are good signs for the future of the company. His words, “The last T.50 car is on the production line.” He also said that the T.33 would still come out in the summer of 2026 and that production of the T.50S track version would start in September. Meanwhile, Gordon Murray continues designing cars. “Sometimes we’ll be in a meeting, and I’ll think he’s just listening, and then by the end, he slides over a piece of paper with something incredible on it and asks, ‘What do you think, should we build this?’”
