Kchrpm
June 16th, 2014, 07:53 AM
http://jalopnik.com/mclaren-f1-designer-talks-smack-about-the-p1-and-hybrid-1591394382
Which summarizes and links to an interview here: http://grrc.goodwood.com/road/news/qa-hankering-one-supercar-wouldnt-unless-hybrid-monsters-hadnt-come
So no more sports cars?
Nothing could be further from the truth. Gordon Murray Design became known for city cars because that’s what we did first. But now we are working on big cars, saloons, even an off-road truck – as well as a pure driver’s car, a proper little sports car that’s fun and affordable. Nothing like the monsters that some companies are building.
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If you were doing the F1 today what would it be like?
Still a pure driver’s car in the mould of the F1 but with more modern technology, brakes and tyres. If you look at the acceleration figures – it’s very easy to do the calculations – an F1 on modern rubber, with traction control, launch control and seamless gearchanging would be as quick as LaFerrari.
I have a hankering to do one more supercar, and I wouldn’t have unless these one-and-a-half-tonne hybrid monsters hadn’t come out. I would have left it with the F1. But now there’s a point to be proven: that you can still do a great driver’s car with an internal combustion engine and pure engineering.
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What’s still on Gordon Murray’s to-do list?
I am desperate to get my affordable sports car to (low-volume) production. There’s such a gap in the market for it. What is it like? Simple, normally aspirated, light weight, rear drive, very stiff and strong with its composite construction. It’s the antidote to the P1 or LaFerrari.
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Which summarizes and links to an interview here: http://grrc.goodwood.com/road/news/qa-hankering-one-supercar-wouldnt-unless-hybrid-monsters-hadnt-come
So no more sports cars?
Nothing could be further from the truth. Gordon Murray Design became known for city cars because that’s what we did first. But now we are working on big cars, saloons, even an off-road truck – as well as a pure driver’s car, a proper little sports car that’s fun and affordable. Nothing like the monsters that some companies are building.
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If you were doing the F1 today what would it be like?
Still a pure driver’s car in the mould of the F1 but with more modern technology, brakes and tyres. If you look at the acceleration figures – it’s very easy to do the calculations – an F1 on modern rubber, with traction control, launch control and seamless gearchanging would be as quick as LaFerrari.
I have a hankering to do one more supercar, and I wouldn’t have unless these one-and-a-half-tonne hybrid monsters hadn’t come out. I would have left it with the F1. But now there’s a point to be proven: that you can still do a great driver’s car with an internal combustion engine and pure engineering.
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What’s still on Gordon Murray’s to-do list?
I am desperate to get my affordable sports car to (low-volume) production. There’s such a gap in the market for it. What is it like? Simple, normally aspirated, light weight, rear drive, very stiff and strong with its composite construction. It’s the antidote to the P1 or LaFerrari.
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