Gordon Murray Automotiveโs rule-breaking T.50 has been named Hypercar of the Year at the TopGear.com Awards 2023. One of the automotive industryโs most coveted accolades, the TopGear.com Hypercar of the Year award provides ultimate proof that Professor Gordon Murray CBE and his team have succeeded in their mission to design and engineer the purest, lightest, and most driver-centric car ever.
The T.50’s unprecedented combination of the world’s lightest, highest revving, most power-dense naturally aspirated engine – the 3.9-litre GMA V12 envisaged by Gordon and engineered by Cosworth – plus the most advanced and effective aerodynamics ever seen on a road car, redefines the global supercar and hypercar sectors. Before announcing the โHypercar of the Yearโ title, Top Gear recently gave the T.50 a rare 10/10 review and proclaimed the 997kg three-seater “The best driverโs car in the world.”
Professor Gordon Murray, CBE “From the inception of the T.50 project, my teamโs unwavering determination was to create a car that would deliver a wholly immersive driving experience the like of which the world had not seen before. From the Cosworth GMA V12 engine, which revs to 12,100rpm, to the 400mm rear-mounted fan, which boosts ground effect by fifty percent, no detail was spared in pursuit of our goal. Receiving the โHypercar of the Yearโ award from Top Gear validates our mission to create the worldโs greatest driversโ car and represents an extraordinary moment for the incredibly talented team at GMA which has put their heart, soul, and world-class talent into this car.”
Ollie Marriage, Head of Car Testing โ BBC Top Gear, said: “The T.50โs engineering rigor is endlessly relevant. Thereโs no flab in this 997kg three-seater and none in its thinking โ itโs wonderfully clear-minded. How refreshing to find a car that knows exactly what itโs for and presents itself so clearly. The T.50 is a car for the driver, it doesnโt have a second role or a backup plan. It just puts the driver smack in the center of things, immerses them in the entire experience, and lets them get on with it. Sounds simple. It isnโt.”
Phillip Lee, Gordon Murray Group CEO “Top Gearโs โHypercar of the Yearโ award sets the bar for performance across the global automotive sector. Winning it with the T.50, especially against some incredible opposition from some of the most established OEMs in the industry, provides further proof of Gordon Murray Automotiveโs capability to operate at the cutting edge of supercar and hypercar design and engineering and reinforces the companyโs ambition for the future. I want to use this opportunity to thank the team for all their hard work and dedication to make an achievement like this possible.”