Gordon Murray on his Greatest Designs: The McLaren F1 and GMA T.50 | RM Sotheby's

Gordon Murray on his Greatest Designs: The McLaren F1 and GMA T.50

Chris Harris chats with visionary designer Gordon Murray about the groundbreaking GMA T.50 and the iconic McLaren F1 that inspired it

Few designers have made as great an impact on the supercar landscape as Gordon Murray, the visionary designer responsible for the iconic McLaren F1 and its spiritual successor, the GMA T.50. Chris Harris chats with the legend about his most famous design and the machine it inspired, ahead of both cars going under the hammer at Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week on 5 December.

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Gordon Murray on his Greatest Designs: The McLaren F1 and GMA T.50
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