{"id":245896,"date":"2023-11-21T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=245896"},"modified":"2023-11-21T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:50:18","slug":"watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Top Gear Take The McLaren F1&#039;s Successor On A 900-Mile Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Murray Automotive \u2013 the British manufacturer founded by former Formula 1 designer Ian Gordon Murray \u2013 started the production of its first supercar, the T.50, back in March this year. Before kicking off the assembly process, the automaker put the T.50 through a rigorous testing program, which included cold winter tests and special airbag calibrations. The first examples are now ready to be delivered to their new owners but not before one final evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Top Gear<\/em> crew had the privilege of driving one of the T.50\u2019s prototypes. The media\u2019s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, took the supercar on a 900-mile trip across Spain. Marriage drove the supercar from Barcelona to Bilbao via the mountain roads of the Spanish Pyrenees. That\u2019s the perfect place to sample the V12 machine\u2019s cornering, acceleration, and braking. What are the test driver\u2019s first impressions?<\/p>\n<h3> Gallery: Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 <\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a lightweight car to operate. It\u2019s a lightweight car to drive but the operation of it, the steering, the clutch, and the gear change takes a deliberate hand. The reward of it, the satisfaction of it is getting all of those things right,\u201d Marriage explains.<\/p>\n<p>In the video attached at the top, you can also learn interesting details about the supercar from its chief engineer. Or, rather, he gives operational information \u2013 from how to open the doors and get in the car to how to use the AC system, how to charge a phone, where to store stuff, and what the different controls do. And this is something most of us didn&#8217;t know because the T.50 isn&#8217;t just a regular car. It&#8217;s &#8220;possibly the last analog supercar,&#8221; as&nbsp;Marriage puts it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, don\u2019t let that PS4 badge on the side fool you \u2013 it has nothing to do with PlayStation. Instead, this reflects the fact that the car tested by <em>Top Gear<\/em>&nbsp;is the final pre-series prototype of the T.50 built before it went into production. How does it feel on the road? How\u2019s the engine sound in tunnels? Can you get through a toll booth with it? The answers to all those questions \u2013 and many more \u2013 are in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/697257\/gma-t-50-900-mile-test-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Murray Automotive \u2013 the British manufacturer founded by former Formula 1 designer Ian Gordon Murray \u2013 started the production<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch Top Gear Take The McLaren F1&#039;s Successor On A 900-Mile Road Trip - AutoMotoBuzz.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch Top Gear Take The McLaren F1&#039;s Successor On A 900-Mile Road Trip - AutoMotoBuzz.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gordon Murray Automotive \u2013 the British manufacturer founded by former Formula 1 designer Ian Gordon Murray \u2013 started the production\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AutoMotoBuzz.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-21T14:50:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Watch-Top-Gear-Take-The-McLaren-F1s-Successor-On-A-900-Mile-Road-Trip.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip\/\",\"name\":\"Watch Top Gear Take The McLaren F1&#039;s Successor On A 900-Mile Road Trip - AutoMotoBuzz.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-21T14:50:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-21T14:50:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/watch-top-gear-take-the-mclaren-f1s-successor-on-a-900-mile-road-trip\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News &amp; 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