How to build a GMA T.50: Gordon Murray’s nerd’s guide to his £2.5m, 650bhp hypercar | Top Gear 

Imagine you out of battery. And u want to brake and change battery on a slope. Ridiculous though.

Ridiculous idea.

@@Lizards_Lounge which idea is ridiculous?

You can not do a boot leg turn with e park break

Same, e brakes are stupid

And hundredth of a gram!

That's what happens when you literally create a company to build a car you envisaged and designed.

It's an insect 😀

That's true, he designed that freakin car

@@willywillywillywillywilly lol they’re so shocked

I know its brilliant he just says these things like its totally normal and expected

Super obsessed with performance yet uses a transmission from eons past.

@@bmstylee Because he cares about the driving experience also, DSG is faster but its boring to let a machine change gears for you.

@@bmstylee he’s not obsessed with performance he’s obsessed with driving experience and dynamics. If he was obsessed with performance it would be a Valkyrie

*100th of a gram on each bolt

I’m sitting on the toilet having diarrhoea because of a panic attack and I’m watching this video but can barely pay attention to it.

@@Gaudine ah dude, hope you're alright!

@@BoyeeSmudger not really everyday is the same and has been for the past 10 years. Thanks for your concern though.

Koenigsegg level.

I wonder how they finance all of this. They had to spend a lot of millions before any of the car rolls out of the factory...

I don’t know half of the things you just said so I’m just gonna say “Yeah, sounds pretty neat they did all that.”

They'll make a killing with the race versions and the servicing/maintenance side of things. I remember in a podcast he said McLaren made a lot of money from the F1 race cars back in the day

And we see where main stream car companies spend 100s of millions on production engineering - to sell a product for $15k (wholesale - if that was a thing in the "car world") Making 100 cars for 2M isn't a problem (there are challenges for sure, but not problems), making 1M units for 10k . -- . that is the challenge.

@@TheBlaert : in other news... Everything in this car already exists - in other industries... Thanks for coming. ... Cost to the end user - doesn't really matter for "high end" - buyer's

@@kadmow I didn't say he was. But he always has been an innovator in the automotive sector.

Have you heard about the MP4/4 controversy? A genius, maybe, a gentleman, surely not. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5Mz9nAzsLXU.html

@@bigben57 I watched that entire video, but it doesn't really change my feelings entirely for a few reasons. Firstly, I think the whole situation can be summed up with the section at 56:10 in that video, 'Murray threatens Nichols'. Murray was/is allegedly taking credit for other's work in an effort to rebuild his brand around his own name and make cars, but as that video also pointed out, Nichols is also doing the exact same thing right now, making his own cars, which leads me into: Secondly, that video looks bad for Murray, real bad. But you've gotta get both sides to something like this man. Things can be slanted or twisted any which way if it's just somebody taking shots at somebody else. What I'd really like to see is Gordon come on that channel and do a follow-up. Thirdly, this is stuff that's 20 years old. Even if Murray flat out did everything Nichols claims and worse, does that mean Murray should never be trusted ever again? Have you never done anything you're not proud of? I know I sure have. How would you feel if people brought it up 20-30 years later as a testament to your character? And fourth, this all has nothing to do with my original comment. My comment was about how Gordon conducted himself in this video, absolutely nothing to do with the MP4/4. When referring to Murray as a gentleman, I was talking about his demeanor. Here you have somebody who really knows his stuff, far more than this Top Gear presenter will ever know, and yet when somebody who knows nothing is talking about his creations, he's patient, and willing to listen. I know he stands to gain from the exposure of these videos but I've seen people stand to gain more and still treat others like dirt - but we don't see that at all here from Gordon.

No arrogance? The man has built a full shrine room to his own excellence… he’s able to use other peoples talents quite effectively that’s all.

@@trousers2 You can believe whatever you like about Gordan. The fact remains that there is no evidence to back up Gordon's claim that he designed the MP4/4. While there is quite a bit of evidence: the Mclaren signed staff letter, quotes from Ron Dennis etc. that Steve Nichols was 100% in charge of the development. A gentleman does not take credit for other people's work.

@@bigben57 Again, you wanna actually comment something about the video or bang on about stuf that happened 30 years ago?

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Him and Koenigsegg

They look very similar to that Czinger 21C and it's very organic looking AI designed structural members.

Bugatti's got some that are even crazier looking in 3d-printed titanium.

All well by the design and the size…

Not until they make a cheaper one, and then probably another one as well.

@@indiebekonn There probably won't be a new one. Everything is going electric.

Bad news is that they aren't on very good terms with each other since the CCR days. Gordon has an ego thing over the people he's worked with and his rivals. Could change though. If Koenigsegg puts their super light weight carbon wheels on this (despite what Gordon says), the wheels that you could lift with a single finger, we could be thinking of 970 kilos maybe. Also Koenigsegg knows how to do backlit aluminium. But if anyone else could engineer at this level, it's Koenigsegg.

Jack= annoying clown

Facts

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Thinking the exact same, you're going to interview one of the best car engineering minds ever about his 2.5 million car and you turn up in h&ms finest unironed. Come on dude.

“It’s linen...”

Just being in Gordon Murray presence instantly wrinkled his shirt.

@@demonkingak1755 Exactly. Can clearly tell he took it out of the packaging and wore it. Unironed and unwashed.

All I could think of too

Right up until it rebrands itself Top gear Recharged *shudders at thought*

@@pigeonpoo1823 That would be funny.

What on earth was that!!

Useful, gives a properly real sense of the weight/mass of each component.

If you were familiar with high end DH MTB frames you would not include them with a kitchen utensil, mobile phone case or paper weight.

I thought that also! "This feels like a bag of crisps" "wow it's like a biscuit in your hand" I'm sure Gordon loves his thousands of dollars parts being compared to recycling waste.

@@Neale78 I am familiar with high end MTBs, but they still aren’t the same league as the T50- they are mass produced, usually in China… yes they are well designed and high quality, but they do not compare to the T50. The T50 (As Gordon said) is aviation quality and beyond. Plus it wasn’t me who included them with the kitchen utensil, phone case etc.

Yeh I dunno how to feel

I would be wanting some answers about the unfolding mp4/4 scandal personally....

Likely the t50s niki lauda for trackdays

That's the T.50s ...

@@marfrandema1884 y’know, now that I think about it, has a car ever had a name that spoke to its purpose more than calling it the Niki Laura? I’d say the McSenna but while that’s an impressive bit of kit it was still a road car for the track. The T.50s… not so much.

The S.

Exactly. GM isn’t as good as he wants you to think he is. The biggest “engineering marvel” of this car is the engine and he had nothing to do with it.

@@TML34 shoo shoo troll go away

@@serenity0n0 incredible insight. Maybe GM will hire you.

@@serenity0n0 he’s not a troll, you just might be blinded. The car is great, but it’s not brilliant. Nor is it a technological or lightweight marvel, not at the price it goes for at least.

@@indiebekonn thanks. I'm not saying Mr. Murray is a fraud, but he basically has taken credit (and built his brand) for the design and engineering of the McLaren 4/4 car, when he really wasn't. And if we want to go back to the F1, again, it was the BMW sourced engine that was the masterpiece.

I'm not sure if Koenigsegg is considered one, but since it's all about power and weight is important to them, I'm quite sure they are, as is McLaren.

So true, Porsche does this really well.

All about losing the weight in the car

Pagani fazendo carros com design questionável e ronco parecendo um caminhão, aquele V12 biturbo não soa bem

British Patriotism is extremely cringe, we are a mess of a country with a sordid past, unless you are directly connected to GMA or Gordon there's no reason to feel proud yourself.

@@chrisogrady28 Past is over now, he just talking about British engineering.

He's not even British though.

@@MrEazyE357 South African born?, 🙂still happy there’s such a concentration of talent in high tech racing and engineering in UK So many manufacturing skills have been lost, this is an area where we are still world beating👍

Gordon Murray and Elon Musk both were born in South Africa and then immigrated to their respective countries.

Not really. Being able to fully customize your car is nothing new and many other manufacturers do it, with even more limited editions. Besides, several UHNW clients have passed on the T50 after the private unveiling due to the unjustifiable cost and how awful they think the design is.

@@Rodisflawless I am sensing a bit of envy...?

Man it's a millionaires toy that will inevitably worth several times the asking price within months. Something that the 99.9999999999999999999% of people will never understand the feeling of, "lucky" doesn't begin to cover it.

It's funny because the buyers are basically getting it for free

@@Rodisflawless while true, this car caters to a very specific subset of enthusiasts. It's not the Instagram crowd that it's going for design wise. There is far more demand than availability. More than half the people who don't like the design don't understand the science behind the decisions and just prefer something more traditionally supercar flamboyant looking. The same people don't understand why this engine doesn't need as much torque as a Z06 motor

me too...quite conflicted now. regardless its a great car and so was the F1

Always felt it’s too expensive for the yesterday’s technologies that it uses, however I was following the development closely, as it’s the best we can have unfortunately. Now I’m even more conflicted after watching said interview.

"In 2000, Brembo purchased the UK based racing brake and clutch manufacturer AP Racing."

@@Neale78 thanks, I didn't know that.

So they decided to use obsolete technology. It's not 1992 anymore. Semiautos are faster and just as reliable.

@@bmstylee and not as involving and enjoyable. His customers literally asked him for the manual

@@bmstylee yyou're missing the point.

@@logwind and that point is what? That slower is better? There's a reason you don't see antique technology in the top level of performed vehicles. Performance trumps everything else.

@@Shadowboost so lower performance is a selling point?

This won't do 240mp/h, not the priority.

@@r129r16pfl It wasn't the priority of the McLaren F1 either and we all saw what happend here. No point ruling anything out with this guy anymore.

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks 100% correct 240 was just a byproduct, not a goal. Low downforce, low drag, small frontal area = high topspeed For a relatively modest power.

The fan reduces drag by about 12.5% or almost the same as turning a Chiron into a Chiron SS. Maybe in the Project Two they'll hide it and use smaller fans inside. Also 15 kg thrust on a car of this size and shape is equal to aero drag at 80 kmph, so not insignficant.

Why?

@@sylvaind.6786 Why you're asking why?