Thirty years after the McLaren F1 stunned the world and won Le Mans, Gordon Murray is waving his magic wand again. His new Gordon Murray S1 LM is not just a car, but a tribute to those crazy 90s, when supercars still breathed deeply and had character, not just touchscreens.
At first glance it is Gordon Murray S1 LM almost like a time machine. Low, wide silhouette and those distinctive “coke-bottle” hips that Murray always missed in the original F1. The huge rear spoiler and diffuser scream “track”, while the pop-up headlights – if they survive homologation – whisper pure retro. The car hits you with a nostalgic punch in the gut, but at the same time looks completely fresh.
A heart that screams at 12,000 rpm
Beneath the carbon skin of the Gordon Murray S1 LM is a stripped-down version of the T.50 engine on steroids. It's a 4.3-liter V12 that revs to 12,100 rpm and churns out more than 690 horsepower (515 kW). If the numbers don't tell you anything, the fact that this machine sounds like a Vivaldi orchestra on cocaine should be enough. And yes - the gearbox is manual. Six gears, short and stiff shifts - the kind that remind you that you're driving something special, not a PlayStation simulation.
Three seats, one philosophy
The interior is again Murray's signature. The driver sits in the middle, like a conductor, with the passengers slightly offset to the left and right. This is not a whim, this is a manifesto. A car that tells you: "Everything is built around you. Your hands, your eyes, your heart."
Details that border on poetry
The exhaust is made of Inconel, clad in 18-carat gold. Why? Because it can. Because it's not just a machine, but a tribute to a time when the McLaren F1, with gold in the engine compartment, showed off luxury and uncompromisingness.
Exclusivity on steroids
The S1 LM will be built in just five examples. All five are already owned by a single collector, who probably has his own Le Mans fleet. Price? We don't know officially, but if you're interested in numbers, this isn't the car for you.
Conclusion: Gordon Murray S1 LM
Gordon Murray with the S1 LM doesn't sell a car. He sells a feeling. The memory of that night in Le Mans, when the McLaren F1 surprised the world. It sells nostalgia wrapped in carbon, spiced with a manual transmission and signed by the sound of a V12 at 12 thousand revolutions. In a world where supercars are often drawn by algorithms, the S1 LM is proof that the real madness still comes from the human head.
