Tim Jackson
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Absolutely brilliant, parallels to M. Dufour and his Simplicity come to mind...
Aug 06, 2020,08:36 AM
Wow, wow and wow again. The McLaren F1 was my dream car forever, now I have a replacement.
That video made the hairs stick up and this elicits an incredible emotional response for a machine. Of course, here we look at why these ridiculous mechanical machines do this and much comes down to the people making them and why they choose to do it.
Thanks for sharing Mike!
Cheers,
Tim
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Light Weight + Analog Horsepower
By: cazalea : August 5th, 2020-07:02
Gordon Murray has just launched his new supercar, the T50. Gordon was designer at McLaren when they brought out his life-long dream, the McLaren F1 in the early 1990's. I have to confess a personal interest - we lived about 5 miles from McLaren HQ. I boug...
Utterly fabulous ! ...
By: Cpt Scarlet : August 5th, 2020-07:06
The design detail and specification puts it straight to the top of my fantasy garage ;-))
Everything! Here are some more details and pictures
By: cazalea : August 5th, 2020-07:36
Supercars with power also need strength to avoid flexing and premature wear. So they overbuild, or they use heavier components from similar cars. "Avoiding the weight-gain spiral caused by chasing top speeds and highest power output figures, Murray benchm...
Normally these hypercars include some driver training
By: cazalea : August 5th, 2020-13:10
but that doesn't stop people from crashing them eventually (or their teen-age kids from joyriding). For Example, Rowan Atkinson who certainly knows how to drive: Rowan Atkinson sells McLaren F1 he crashed twice Rowan Atkinson has made a bumper profit afte...
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By: cazalea : August 5th, 2020-07:30
Gordon Murray Automotive has unveiled its T.50 supercar in full for the first time, showing the finished exterior and interior design and confirming its ground-breaking technical specifications. The T.50 has been engineered to be the purest, lightest, mos...
Fabulous [nt]
By: Chronometer (aka yacomino) : August 5th, 2020-09:49