What do you get if you take what the world considers your masterpiece, set out to improve on it, then attempt to do so again. If you’re the legendary Gordon Murray, the result is the S1 LM (“Special One Le Mans"). This is the first bespoke model from the Special Vehicles division of Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA), and it commemorates his 1995 Le Mans–winning machine. According to the team, the S1 LM shares similar underpinnings to GMA’s T.50 an T.50s, but all the body panels are new, the naturally aspirated engine—making more than 700 hp—has been enlarged to 4.3 liters of displacement, and the entire car has a target weight of less then 2,100 pounds.
“It’s really inspired by Gordon Murray’s philosophy of lightweight; and in design, I love the similar approach of distilling DNA . . . timeless design, as little design as possible," mentions Florian Flatau, the man who penned the extremely limited-edition model. “It’s taking the DNA of the original F1, like a family member, but really trying to become its own animal." Only a concept version was unveiled at Quail, but the plan is that five of these bantam-weight beasts come to fruition, though pricing and intended performance specs have yet to be revealed.
From the article by Viju Mathew, Erik Shilling
