Gordon Murray, the innovative designer of the legendary McLaren F1 hypercar, has today launched his own limited-production company called Gordon Murray Automotive.
The new car manufacturer serves as a sister company to Gordon Murray Design, a design firm founded by the South African ex-F1 designer. The aim of the Gordon Murray Automotive wing is to take innovative car designs of which Murray is famed for and put them into production, albeit in limited numbers.
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All of its limited-run cars will be based on Murray’s iStream production process, which uses lightweight Formula One technology and better safety standards in a manner that's less damaging to the environment.
Factories that utilise the iStream design method need up to 80 per cent less investment than standard manufacturing plants. iStream vehicles are also designed in a way so that they produce 40 per cent fewer CO2 emissions than standard road cars.
Further information regarding any new models produced by Gordon Murray Automotive will be known next month in an as yet unknown exhibition that is set to celebrate Murray’s 50-year career in design.
Gordon Murray began his career as a Formula One car designer for the Brabham team in 1969. His designs won Nelson Piquet two Driver’s Championships in 1981 and 1983 before the South African native joined McLaren in 1987.
In 1991, Murray was put in charge of McLaren’s offshoot road car division and began to design the 240mph McLaren F1 hypercar and the Mercedes SLR McLaren, before creating his own design company in 2007.
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