FIRST DRIVE: GMA T.50 - McLaren F1 Successor’s 900-mile road trip

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  • Get ready for a sensory bombardment as Top Gear Magazine’s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, embarks on a 900-mile adventure, from Barcelona to Bilbao, via the stunning mountain roads of the Spanish Pyrenees. Follow as he delves into the T.50's driving dynamics, from the exhilarating scream of that naturally aspirated V12 engine to the joyous shifts of the manual gearbox.
    Designed to honour-but-improve on the iconic McLaren F1, the T.50 is a symphony of engineering purity, weight-saving purges and mechanical artistry. In Ollie's view, it is the best driver’s car in the world, and it might never be bettered...
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    00:00 Intro
    02:13 Operational Briefing
    05:02 First Drive
    07:42 Tunnels 🔉
    08:54 Driving Position/ergonomics
    10:50 Mountain Roads
    15:58 Design
    21:33 Conclusion
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  • @GordonMurrayAutomotive
    @GordonMurrayAutomotive 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5063

    Ollie…we’re happy to hear you as enthusiastic about T.50 as all the team are here at GMA!

    • @connorblakey3163
      @connorblakey3163 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +184

      it's perfection. Hats off.

    • @giorgosarifoglu953
      @giorgosarifoglu953 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      Sir Gordon Murray...you have made a masterpiece. A timeless classic for future generations to admire and just go " wow". Nothing beats old time rock n roll and for that I'd give my arms and legs just to have a go❤

    • @slozzasolomon1104
      @slozzasolomon1104 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      The last real analog? Are we going to make like the utopia does not exist

    • @simonmorty8344
      @simonmorty8344 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      To GM and the team. You guys have delivered beyond all we could hope and possibly imagine in a supercar/Hyper car. The attention to detail, the weight, the driver involvement, the quality, looks. Also I never thought a combustion engine would sound as good or in this case better than the LFA. I love what Rimac is doing with EV but I honestly believe even with out sitting or. driving you Hage created the greatest car in the world. Your dedication to perfection and driving is on another level.
      Please let Henry Catchpole, Chris Harris and Jay Leno do an indepth review.
      GM you achieved your dream of creating something that perfects the F1 in every way. I'll steal BMW saying ' This truly is the ultimate driving machine'

    • @hassyg4083
      @hassyg4083 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Toyota MR2 was the design inspiration

  • @poeticalvision
    @poeticalvision 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2722

    An engine that goes up to 12,000 RPM comfortably, has 70% of its torque by 3000RPM, and gets 25 to the gallon?!? Its an engineering masterpiece by Cosworth.

    • @purwantiallan5089
      @purwantiallan5089 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      Basically GMA T.50 is a new rival to McLaren F1 GTR 1997.

    • @jimiverson3085
      @jimiverson3085 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

      I'd love to see that expertise applied to an engine that would go into a car mortals could afford.

    • @srinitaaigaura
      @srinitaaigaura 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

      @@jimiverson3085 That's what Honda's VTech is for

    • @lorddoosworth8175
      @lorddoosworth8175 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      it definitely is, although if we're talking UK MPG here the Chevy LS1 from the C5 Corvette from the late 90s can get over 35 MPG on the motorway / highway 😜

    • @yota8325
      @yota8325 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      ​@@lorddoosworth8175because lazy v8s are actually pretty good on fuel in the highway despite what most normal people would think

  • @mattwhite5058
    @mattwhite5058 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +191

    I’m glad there’s still people like Gordon Murray and the GMA team that understand that this is what cars are all about, not these dull lifeless, computer aided, electric cars of current,
    Absolutely amazing from a team of passionate engineers.

    • @jessealcorn45
      @jessealcorn45 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I agree. More manufacturers need to build drivers cars that aren’t so heavy and gimmicky. Can’t imagine what this feels like to drive.

    • @MrEkzotic
      @MrEkzotic หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Agreed. I hate being isolated from the engine and the tires.

    • @TechInfo-ul4xr
      @TechInfo-ul4xr 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂 CAR IS A JOKE ...WHO. CARES...EUROPE LOVES TO HYPE UP WEAK CARS THAT BREAK EZ..

    • @JesseFlannery
      @JesseFlannery 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Two type of cars. Street and Track. You don't need all this on the street.

    • @Julio-jw2fi
      @Julio-jw2fi 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      It is a beautiful piece of engineering, the end of an era, I get emotional seeing a worthy successor to the F1

  • @quocanhphanho8969
    @quocanhphanho8969 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

    T50 vs Valkyrie is the ultimate duo. Gordon Murray vs Adrian Newey, two of the best F1 designers of all time. No other explanation needed.

    • @mubasheerahmed8659
      @mubasheerahmed8659 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Both cars have different approach on the the ultimate drivers car and the other is the road F1 car

    • @rudolfdaher
      @rudolfdaher 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Indeed. The Valkyrie is a track car homologated for the road, with a structural engine and all the vibrations and stiffness and lack of comfort it induces, while the T.50 is a much more daily drivable and practical supercar. The main common feature is the… definitive Cosworth NA V12s!

    • @uzulmuadib
      @uzulmuadib 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I do all agree! The best sport misiles ever 😮

    • @x265_hevc5
      @x265_hevc5 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@rudolfdaher The Cosworth engineers are Gods among men.

    • @rudolfdaher
      @rudolfdaher 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@x265_hevc5 I don’t like to deify anyone, even Plato or Mozart or Shakespeare or Newton.
      And I don’t believe in semi-gods.
      What’s sure is that Cosworth democratized Formula 1: a lot of teams emerged in the 60’s and 70’s, since designing and building a car became much easier with an available and accessible V8 DFV, coupled with a Hewland gearbox.
      With the Valkyrie and the T.50, Cosworth proved to be the definitive internal combustion engine specialist, and deflated the V12s of Ferrari and Lamborghini to their exact importance - around 9000 rpm with a power ratio of 130 hp/l at best, which is way below 11000 or 12000 rpm that produce more than 160hp/l.

  • @speeddemon467
    @speeddemon467 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +617

    I can't afford a T50 of my own, but it makes me happy just knowing that this car exists. A spiritual successor to the legendary McLaren F1. Absolute perfection.

    • @gustavoflorio5383
      @gustavoflorio5383 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Well, all the buzz around it could it influence the market...

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      As someone who’s been around a lot of these I don’t understand the need for this thing
      It’s somehow MUCH less than the sum of its parts

    • @deshanmk6
      @deshanmk6 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@KCJbomberFTWThe sum of its parts doesn't show the R&D costs of this car, the Mclaren F1, nor the price you can put on Gordon Murrays lifetime of knowledge.

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@deshanmk6 it’s a Guntherwerks version of an F1 but with a fan
      I think the 33 with make this look instantly silly

    • @deshanmk6
      @deshanmk6 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@KCJbomberFTW Except it's not. Gordon Murray was never happy with the F1 as the technology he needed wasn't available so he had to cut some corners (carbon ceramics, etc). This is what his vision. He explains it in one of his interviews.

  • @Chrissy-H
    @Chrissy-H 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1182

    I love how this review is 25 minutes long and doesn't make a single mention of horsepower, top speed, or 0-60 time. Because none of that stuff matters when a car feels this good and sounds that fantastic!

    • @olis_garage
      @olis_garage 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

      In a way I hope it doesn't ever end up on a carwow review - it deserves more than that

    • @amg863
      @amg863 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      He mentioned top speed twice I think.

    • @gustavoflorio5383
      @gustavoflorio5383 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@amg863 He didn't.

    • @danieldickerson4838
      @danieldickerson4838 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      @@gustavoflorio5383He did. He explicitly stated how much downforce the T.50 produces at its 226mph V-Max.

    • @Chrissy-H
      @Chrissy-H 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh right. Well, I missed it, because there wasn't the usual 'stats' section of the video.
      @@danieldickerson4838

  • @wakemanburigatto7683
    @wakemanburigatto7683 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Oh boy!! The intro was amazing!! What a view of the car. T.50 the new legend

    • @lincolnpinkoln359
      @lincolnpinkoln359 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like the opening scenes of a scifi movie..alien or similar.😅

  • @ClassicSam.
    @ClassicSam. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    This is better than any Mainstream Top gear TV episode in the last 10years.
    Truly spine tingling sounds from this “sports car” superb.

    • @marlonius05
      @marlonius05 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Genuinely brought tears to this old face the first time I heard it full chat

  • @DonLee1980
    @DonLee1980 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +772

    Of all the 1000+hp hypercars with the quickest launch control system gearboxes, Gordan Murray got this right. There's nothing like this and it'll be forever a very special car for all of history to marvel at.

    • @ksm1985
      @ksm1985 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      He was never going to say anything negative about it was he. That'd be him cancelled.

    • @simonmenzies3142
      @simonmenzies3142 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It’s just a mclaren with an engine that revs far far far too high🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @johnxina2140
      @johnxina2140 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

      ​@@simonmenzies3142that might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard

    • @ronhonhola
      @ronhonhola 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      ​@@simonmenzies3142only someone who doesn't appreciate cars, and really has no clue at all, could say something so ridiculous and offensive. You should be blocked from this channel after that

    • @invisiblekid99
      @invisiblekid99 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@simonmenzies3142 Spoken like a true Renault Clio owner. What a galactically moronic thing to say.

  • @millennialpoes5674
    @millennialpoes5674 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +236

    I want a 2 hour episode of this thing under the skin. The hubs, steering, suspension parts, chassis construction, everything!

    • @gregorylemmons5022
      @gregorylemmons5022 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Agreed. I paused on the 12k Tachometer to make sure I wasn't seeing things. What an Epic machine.

    • @brendandrives
      @brendandrives 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      When it first debuted there were a lot of interviews with Gordon going into depth on the car. I may go re-listen to them myself…

    • @bigshotcelebrity_
      @bigshotcelebrity_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      The GMA channel has 20 episodes about the production of the car in one of their playlists. Chassis is episode 2.

    • @ashscott6068
      @ashscott6068 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      As these people have said...those videos exist. And they're really good, too. There are videos on the GMA channel of Gordon showing and talking about pretty much every detail on the car. Like EVERY detail

    • @robertelwell9360
      @robertelwell9360 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/NT8PMXCMrsM/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared

  • @steved2008
    @steved2008 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    I actually had a lump in my throat as Ollie talked about the F1 inspiring him to become a motoring journalist, class act Top Gear well done

  • @JazzysTrove
    @JazzysTrove 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    One of the most beautiful intros I have ever seen! 😢 Outstanding cinematography and that music score, oh my, it blends in perfectly!
    And the car, oh my god it's an astonishing piece of engineering! ❤
    Even if I'm not even remotely close to ever seeing one let alone drive one, I'm so glad that something like this exists!

  • @biscuittballs
    @biscuittballs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +201

    the through windscreen shot with ollie commenting on the driving was epic!

    • @MicahPotts
      @MicahPotts 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      i feel like they should have at least given us ONE view from the central seat on the inside. Seriously missed opportunity.

  • @ginge82
    @ginge82 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +629

    Amazing thing. I truly hope some owners have the balls to daily drive this beast.

    • @shubidajain384
      @shubidajain384 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Not some but many will

    • @similaritiesendhere
      @similaritiesendhere 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Some jackass on the USNS Comfort (ship) used to park their "daily driver" McLaren right on the Norfolk Naval Base pier (saltwater+car) back when I was in the Navy. Nobody respected them.

    • @gabrielbarcellos1036
      @gabrielbarcellos1036 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Gordon entrevistou cada cliente, fez questão de saber qual carro eles dirigem e se realmente vão usar a T.50, o cara foi fundo nas escolhas

    • @Sonderax
      @Sonderax 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Gordon made sure a majority would use it

    • @pete6705
      @pete6705 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I doubt anyone will daily drive it. And many may only take it out once or twice a year. But maybe a few will take it out a couple times a month

  • @johnhilyer5366
    @johnhilyer5366 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Standing ovation for Gordon Murray and his team for giving us the evolution of the F1 and providing the Auto lovers of the World the Mona Lisa of pure unadulterated Automotive essence. No electronic hokus pokus just mechanical perfection!! This is truly one for the ages.

  • @sunkid86
    @sunkid86 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This video is produced so well, several shots of it could go out in print to be posters and they would come out remarkable. For instance, the opening of all the hatches at the same time was the most beautiful thing I have've ever seen a car do. And the closing shots were dream like. Great job!

  • @NostalgiaFix81
    @NostalgiaFix81 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +448

    You don’t have to love cars to know that sound is motor perfection.

    • @Matt_10203
      @Matt_10203 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Its like an expensive boutique camera with how tactile and well designed everything looks. Its a masterpiece of design and engineering.

  • @jamesghani
    @jamesghani 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +236

    Like many others, I've tracked the development of this car through TH-cam. It is an engineering masterpiece. Bravo all at GMA and Cosworth; you've brought British sports car manufacture back to the very top again.

    • @Hitical_Crit
      @Hitical_Crit 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Not just British sports cars, but proper sports cars too. Light, no fancy electronic aids, responsive, nimble

  • @nostalgia5631
    @nostalgia5631 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Never seen such a intro like this. Literally gave goosebumps. Masterpiece

  • @tsppm
    @tsppm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    As a kid I clearly remember seeing a car magazine featuring the first street legal F1 McLaren. I was awl struck, with its curves, rider position and the engineering marvels that my kid brain could barely comprehend. That is when I fell in love with cars.

  • @discoverymoi
    @discoverymoi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    This car comes like light in the middle of darkness in the automotive industry, V12, manual, high revving, noisy, middle seating, old school-like headlights, simplicity tangled up with top-notch engineering and technology, the clockwork masterpiece which is (sadly) hidden on the engine with the gears driving the camshafts from the crankshaft is something worth to be exhibited at the Louvre. This car is a blessing, as expected only a few will be made and even less will be driven on the road, but what it represents is the purest sense of what a car should be; Joy, smiles, beauty, passion.

  • @watchesandburgers
    @watchesandburgers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +299

    With the world in hyper-sensory mode, it's hard to get a true "wow" reaction anymore. But this.... This! This is a "wow" car. The true successor to the McLaren F1. I'd love to see one in person one day.

    • @freakattack9616
      @freakattack9616 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Fact

    • @bonniebonnie9388
      @bonniebonnie9388 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Not a true successor until it wins some races

    • @lewisevander
      @lewisevander 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I'm sorry I don't know how it looks like in person but in videos it's not even close to being as good looking as the f1.

    • @silver_c1oud
      @silver_c1oud 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@bonniebonnie9388
      To be honest.
      Maclaren F1 is not designed for Racing.
      so i think it closely resembles the F1 or should i say an updated version.

    • @moslem3906
      @moslem3906 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the f1 has been used in racing multiple times
      @@silver_c1oud

  • @MrEkzotic
    @MrEkzotic หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That beautiful noise actually gave me chills.

  • @azizhachimi8744
    @azizhachimi8744 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Divine, Sublime, Gorgeous....Thank you Gordon for creating this MASTERPIECE that will live for decades, if not centuries to come...!

  • @Emjackson89
    @Emjackson89 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

    One of the best car reviews I've ever seen. The car, the scenario, the noise, the speed. Just perfect. Ollie you deserved this and I hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed watching it

    • @martynrollinson
      @martynrollinson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wait for Henry Catchpole at Hagerty.... that will be the best I'm 100% sure !

    • @wingcommanderdaltonwalton67
      @wingcommanderdaltonwalton67 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Fantastic review,it’s great to see/feel the enthusiasm and enjoyment!Ollie nailed this one,well done.

    • @jimtaylor431
      @jimtaylor431 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Certainly does the car justice! :-)

  • @pe8268
    @pe8268 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    The McLaren F1 has been my top dream car alongside the Carrera GT for a very long time, until this video... I don't even really have the words to say how much I adore this car, it really is all the best parts of the F1 dialed up to eleven, an incredible masterpiece of engineering. I severely doubt I'll ever get to see one, let alone sit in it or drive it, but this video is all I need. I had tears in my eyes nearly the entire time, thank you for this great work! And an immense thank you to Gordon and his team for creating this magnificent machine!

    • @user-lm1ri2iv1c
      @user-lm1ri2iv1c 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I actually cried. The car reminds me of better times. I remember watching F1 at Monaco in 1974. This was the first race I saw as a kid. This car brings back all the memories.

    • @jdsk8914
      @jdsk8914 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love the Carrera GT too!!

    • @cedmo7857
      @cedmo7857 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@user-lm1ri2iv1cit aint that deep, fella. man up its just a damn car. stop your sniveling

  • @psychoticseries
    @psychoticseries 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This isn't engineering. This is art.

  • @broughy23
    @broughy23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

    I'm glad that this car is as good as we all expected it to be. I do hope anyone who's lucky enough to own one of these really uses it and does it justice

    • @Vamppas
      @Vamppas 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Totally agree!

    • @aaa84gt
      @aaa84gt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I follow three buyers/owners on Instagram. One is definitely putting it in the garage forever, but two are proper carguys who will definitely enjoy them as intended.

    • @ihavenolifeandiclearlyneedhelp
      @ihavenolifeandiclearlyneedhelp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you know it's gonna end up sitting gathering dust in some rich asshat's garage

    • @Unspoken_T187
      @Unspoken_T187 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Owners will never daily drive them because they want the value to go up not down

    • @Unspoken_T187
      @Unspoken_T187 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@farnarkleboy nah no chance these will go up in value super quick the rich always want to make money you will hardly see these on the road

  • @Neutralreviews
    @Neutralreviews 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    After hearing it and seeing it move, I can honestly say I’ve never had a car instantaneously evoke such emotion from me. Thank you Gordon for pushing to make this a reality and for Top Gear creating such a great cinematic work to display how truly special this vehicle is❤

  • @NoDoSwLa
    @NoDoSwLa 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One day, I'll pass the 00:09 second mark. until then, I keep start from the beginning again..and again 🤩

  • @channelwhywhywhy
    @channelwhywhywhy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'd like to say this is one of the best car, if not TH-cam videos I've seen for a long long time. Kudos to you. Super enjoyed it and wow wow wow, what a car. Everything a car should be ❤

  • @wot48320
    @wot48320 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    That old F1 sound... beautiful. A real driver's car, well done!

  • @herberttuck2170
    @herberttuck2170 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    Everything about this video was epic! The production, the T.50 , and Ollie's commentary whilst driving. I would have been absolutely speechless whilst driving.

    • @Pirustae
      @Pirustae 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      His commentary sucks

    • @2_Sec_C
      @2_Sec_C 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it looks like a Toyota.

    • @davidgoon1978
      @davidgoon1978 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      they had to repeat shooting because ollie was speechless a lot of time.. 😂😂😂

    • @lemonmaster8933
      @lemonmaster8933 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@2_Sec_C you must be blind, im sorry to hear that

  • @SamuelGais
    @SamuelGais 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That intro was spectacular ! The first shot already sold the car

  • @renzocecchetto3064
    @renzocecchetto3064 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wow - Gordon Murray and his team should be proud of what they have accomplished - stellar from nearly all metrics ! And thank you to TG and Ollie for a wonderful review and video. Now I know its a different class completely but I'm surprised Ollie nor any of the comments I've read haven't mentioned that for those that can't experience a cost-is-no-object sportscar that a Lotus Elise shares many objectives and results in its execution as the T.50. If one wants 85% of a GMA T.50 at 15% of the cost, I recommend they at least test-drive a Lotus Elise, particularly the Mark 2.0 supercharged one. Keep your revs (and your eyes) high !

  • @shobin05
    @shobin05 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    People here is saying its "ugly" "boring looking" "generic" makes it all the more appealing to me. Its functional, clean, made to be driven, not parked outside of an LV store in Beverly hills. If it revs to 12,000rpm i could give less of a shit how it looks.

    • @xhorxhi77
      @xhorxhi77 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I mean the car weighs under a tonne dry? doesn’t it?
      This is the Spiritual successor to the F1 and it’s an absolute magical piece of design and engineering.

    • @aldobonaso3481
      @aldobonaso3481 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I mean functionality doesn't have to necessarily rule out all design appeal...for me the front end is just too bland, could have been so much more, but that's personal taste at the end of the day. Incredible driver's car. It also forces you to drive it fast, or it will sound like a hair dryer...

    • @paulwood6729
      @paulwood6729 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@xhorxhi77 The kerb weight is under a tonne.

    • @js00065
      @js00065 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I'm assuming you mean you COULDN'T give less of a shit? Meaning it's impossible to care less how it looks. If you COULD give less of a shit it implies you do care at least a little bit how it looks

    • @ehinton4006
      @ehinton4006 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve never seen anyone call this boring looking lol.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +275

    This has to be the best car built in the last 30 years. The scenery shown here is absolutely incredible. Sadly I don't even expect to even just see one of these in my life. Thank you.

    • @nezabytes
      @nezabytes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      No. Best car ever made. Period.

    • @Jay-xr3sb
      @Jay-xr3sb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Rather a LaFerrari, this is ugly

    • @Peongster
      @Peongster 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      meh

    • @jezzplays8654
      @jezzplays8654 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bruhhhh this is the craziest manual street legal car of the last 30 years what makes it even better@@Jay-xr3sb

    • @Bavariaria
      @Bavariaria 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No question

  • @Shicomm
    @Shicomm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm in tears.. for a LONG time i was certain that nothing could sing better then the lfa.. While the Lexus is still pure bliss this comes very close.. Sweaty hands and goosebumps at the same time. Big thumbs up for the intro btw, the tv show might be gone but it feels good to see ( and hear!) that the magic is still there..

  • @autoeclectic8808
    @autoeclectic8808 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I’ve watched the first ten seconds of this more times than is reasonable. Αmazing. Well done to everyone involved.

  • @stuartsmellie4966
    @stuartsmellie4966 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +450

    The revs....that noise. And so useable...Gordon has done it again.

    • @DavidBrown-bs7gg
      @DavidBrown-bs7gg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So useable.. and yet nobody other than reviewers will use them (also see: 911 Dakar)

    • @ksm1985
      @ksm1985 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He was never going to say anything negative about it was he. That'd be him cancelled.

    • @ehinton4006
      @ehinton4006 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@ksm1985what are you even on about lol

    • @simonmenzies3142
      @simonmenzies3142 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yep…
      Ripped off the xjr15 to make the f1
      Now ripped off his own rip off to make the t50.
      Like he ripped everyone off that created the mp4/4
      And claimed it as being his, until those who actually did it had to go to mclaren as one.
      Yep he’s 💯done it again.
      Nothing new.
      Nothing ‘his’
      Just a photocopy of others work👌🏻

    • @MaxZelkcovik
      @MaxZelkcovik 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@simonmenzies3142said the TH-cam specialist 😂

  • @darrenmanser2847
    @darrenmanser2847 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    Something truly magical seems to occur above 10'000 rpm. Lord and Ollie only know what that feels and sounds like in the cabin. Wonderful video sir.

    • @thedingbatdingers4326
      @thedingbatdingers4326 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I can meditiate to the frequency of a 11,500 rpm red line

    • @srinitaaigaura
      @srinitaaigaura 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thedingbatdingers4326 12500!!

  • @karimsadredini8875
    @karimsadredini8875 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A baby McLaren F1 from the front and cockpit and a mini Pagani Zonda from the back with a 997.2 GT3 RS paddle response and Turbo S kind of acceleration 💙🔥! What a pre-production prototype masterpiece is the GMA T50!!! Oh boy

    • @Shadowboost
      @Shadowboost 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This car's engine is multiple times faster responding than any production Porsche.

  • @AutomotiveWoman
    @AutomotiveWoman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Oh, isn't it just breathtaking? A remarkable feat of engineering, an absolute masterpiece of a machine! Applause, of course, to Gordon Murray and his undoubtedly brilliant team at GMA for gracing us with this grand finale of driving perfection, concluding with nothing less than a beautifully bold exclamation point! Alas, it's a real tragedy that I'll probably never even lay my eyes on one, let alone have the privilege of driving it. But hey, that's just the way life goes, isn't it? 🙄

  • @TheChazas
    @TheChazas 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    Intro was just sublime, whole vibe and cinematography is Christopher Nolan-esque quality.

    • @hellodavey1902
      @hellodavey1902 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How are they getting the shots at 13:00?!

    • @wilsonc4027
      @wilsonc4027 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The shot from 00:34 makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Incredible film from Top Gear.

  • @ehshezah
    @ehshezah 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    This gave me goosebumps: GMA at their finest. He’s always been the master of automotive design and understood what drivers want. Less is more and he packages it up elegantly and perfectly. It is automotive engineering art and he is the greatest artist. Love how Ollie referenced this also.
    Great piece from the top gear team

  • @jiipee7491
    @jiipee7491 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What Gordon Murray and hes crew does, is actual passion and results are shown. Absolute beautiful job with these cars all around. A dying breed. And what is going to be left? Computer aided touch this and that piece of s..t's. Enjoy this as much as you can, while it lasts. There are not much left on these close to earth machinery anymore.. Sad sad sad. But these are beautiful! We need more like Gordon Murray's. AND A LOT!

  • @TheEtrepreneur
    @TheEtrepreneur 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Murray did it again. British engine sounds.., So underrated! The design is so simple, light, practical. Please make it affordable (or an affordable version, please).

  • @davnape14
    @davnape14 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I'm so thrilled that this car even exists! My passion for cars comes from the thrill of a good driving experience and a huge admiration for the engineering behind it, making the T.50 the perfect car in my eyes. It puts the engagement of the driver front and center (literally) in a very usable and non intimidating package. Like a teen who just learnt how to drive a cars it seems like it's eager to show you what it can do, except it's actually Niki Lauda in car form - comfortable in any situation, meticulous with its performance and never compromising in the delivery. In addition, it's a bargain for those who can afford it: it's a modern F1 with modern tires, suspension, chassis, with apple car play, all for 1/4 or 1/5 of the price of the McLaren. Thanks to everyone in the GMA team and anyone involved for making this a reality.

    • @jezzplays8654
      @jezzplays8654 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I feel exactly the same this car has to be perfection from a driving perspective

  • @jryalls
    @jryalls 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    Amazing work Top Gear. What a credit to Gordon Murray and the GMA team.

  • @TheUFCVeteran
    @TheUFCVeteran 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Great work, Ollie and TG! Love the T.50, amazing engineering and I really like the philosophy behind every part of its creation. Hopefully it comes to Gran Turismo and other driving games in the future!

    • @mathieu16661
      @mathieu16661 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We have on forza

  • @stevendowling8312
    @stevendowling8312 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Spectacular!
    Thank you for relaying what 99% of us will never experience.
    Awe struck and dribbling.

  • @James-pl2oy
    @James-pl2oy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Loved how he referenced the Alpine A110 since that’s exactly the benchmark car Murray used for handling dynamics; his daily driver

    • @BasedHadrian
      @BasedHadrian 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Criminal the Alpine isn’t available in the states

    • @aeolus75
      @aeolus75 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They still mention the Alpine that the Alpine price will go crazy until we can not even afford it 😉

  • @glubibobi
    @glubibobi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    This truly gave me chills. What an amazing car.

  • @Coffeeandcars_
    @Coffeeandcars_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fantastic review and some of the angels are absolutely stunning! Good to see that the Top Gear quality has now moved from Production to TH-cam 👍🏻 Bravo and Ollie great as always 💯

  • @kazmeyers
    @kazmeyers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was amazing. I felt the emotion in this. Thank you.

  • @adamschaeffer3614
    @adamschaeffer3614 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The blast through the tunnel was a time machine back to Monaco F1 in the 60's

  • @sl7608
    @sl7608 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    That noise can bring a man to tears… A genuine motoring mile stone.
    Amazing

    • @bg22757
      @bg22757 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No man is crying over the sound of an engine😂

  • @mikerayner5938
    @mikerayner5938 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Now this bought a tear to my eye. Great work. ❤

  • @anon5500
    @anon5500 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ❤ Nothing surprises me from Sir Murray, I’ve had the pleasure of being in an F1 GTR and it’s the one car that scared the living crap out of me, and hearing this new car has made me smile, if it is one of the last V12 cars ever made, I’m just glad Gordon Murray the legend that he is has made it happen, oh plus it’s very pretty!👌🏻
    All cars need to be easy on the eye as well as the ears🤷‍♂️🤣

  • @antonioglendinning4414
    @antonioglendinning4414 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    I genuinely don't think I've EVER watched such a spine tingling intro to a TH-cam video. This is nothing short of a masterpiece and would belong on a cinema screen. Absolutely epic in every way, and a fantastic review as always. Bravo. 👏

  • @myriaddunes2569
    @myriaddunes2569 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Damn those revs were insane 😮

  • @zweiteent5336
    @zweiteent5336 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    what a machine, a great cinematic and a beautiful explanation by Ollie. Makes me drop a tear

  • @rhapsody2m
    @rhapsody2m 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful presentation of an automotive work of art. Congratulations to the entire GMA and Cosworth teams for giving the world a stunning example of engineering excellence.

  • @sunethrajawasan5039
    @sunethrajawasan5039 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    watching Olllie get emotional at the end of that was so relatable to every car guy ever.

    • @adamvolasko225
      @adamvolasko225 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Seriously, between the hair raising sound to redline, to Ollie explaining how this might be the last best analog sports car ever made, its like I'm cutting onions here!

    • @darksideblues135
      @darksideblues135 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There will be more. People are getting sick of the EV movement. After all, I bought a tube amp, brand new, about a year ago. And I am talking HiFi not guitar. So there will be more because demand is there.

  • @DPCcars
    @DPCcars 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Watching this, you realize that the T.50 isn't just a car, it's a symphony of engineering excellence. The way it revs up to 12,000 rpm is not just about the numbers; it's a testament to Gordon Murray's vision of what a hypercar should be - a blend of raw power, finesse, and that unmistakable sound that echoes the spirit of F1 racing. What really sets this apart is how it's built for the road, not just to turn heads, but to genuinely be driven. It's cars like these that keep the passion for automotive innovation alive. Hats off to the GMA team and Top Gear for capturing not just the car, but the essence of what makes it special. #DreamCar #EngineeringMarvel 🏎🔥

  • @alaaal-shakarchi8902
    @alaaal-shakarchi8902 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's very rare for someone to match his greatest hit. To surpass it and create a new benchmark is the pinnacle of creativity, ingenuity and inventiveness. Simply put: the car translates what the road is saying through its wheels and mechanics, and most cars are speaking different language, except few and this is on top of all of them. Gordon is the king of road language.

  • @BoostedR130
    @BoostedR130 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Honestly feel like driving this car would bring a tear to my eye. It’s captures every essence that car enthusiasts have ever wanted. Well done Gordon Murray 👌

  • @GrooveTasticThang
    @GrooveTasticThang 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Well done Ollie and Team, not only is the T50 the successor to the F1 but this piece of video is the successor to the Tiff Needell Top Gear review on the F1 . Huge responsibility but you nailed it, not just the videography but with the sheer passion in delivery. Made a 50 year old very happy to watch.

    • @jdsk8914
      @jdsk8914 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hehe both cars were blue

    • @zounds13
      @zounds13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A 63 year old, too.

  • @aw11man26
    @aw11man26 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    As a long time owner of a 1st gen Toyota MR2, racked up almost 500,000 miles on 2 of them over 20 years, I LOVE small mid engine cars. The part he said about forward visibility is spot on. My MR2s were like that. You felt like you could almost reach out and touch the front bumper. It was so easy to drive the car in tight spaces or on winding roads.
    On this car, looks are subjective. Even IF you don't like how this car looks, I absolutely love it, this car is still perfect. The sream and ludicrous revs of this engine is incredible.

    • @iSOBigD
      @iSOBigD 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed that the looks are not amazing compared to many other supercars, but the middle seat, good visibility, light weight and super high revving, super Fast revving V12 immediately makes it amazing and rare. How quickly it gets to redline is just ridiculous, so it's hard to beat that sound.

    • @thestoicwhinger
      @thestoicwhinger 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd still love an aw11

    • @Nemoticon
      @Nemoticon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too... currently on my 2nd AW11, I know exactly what you mean!

    • @literallyshaking8019
      @literallyshaking8019 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The F1 is a better looking car. To me the front is too thin while the headlights are too big, whereas the F1 was just right with the proportions.
      The upcoming T.33 is also more aesthetically pleasing as well. It absolutely nails the modern but retro design spot on.

    • @Nemoticon
      @Nemoticon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@literallyshaking8019 The headlights on the T50 only lokos big in pictures because it's hard to tell how small the car actually is... in the skin, it's perfection!

  • @davekennedy6315
    @davekennedy6315 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It sounds EXACTLY like an F1 racecar from its finest V12 days! Some manufacturers waffle on about the 'race car for the road' this is that AND the engine too!

  • @PKP1
    @PKP1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Attention to detail is admirable here. Engineering and purpose of the car is clear and well defined and refined. Mechanically brilliant.

  • @jeffnowicki4059
    @jeffnowicki4059 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Well done TG! This was an absolutely fantastic production. It showcased through your thoughtful dialog and zealous enthusiasm, the brilliant automotive engineering that GMA delivered in the T.50.

  • @zigman69ify
    @zigman69ify 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a bloody outstanding video!! Well done TOP Gear!

  • @43ten43
    @43ten43 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    T.50 is the car that every hypercar has up on its wall. ❤

  • @brianfreeman8290
    @brianfreeman8290 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Your opening remarks were also expressed at the launch of the F1. I've never seen an F1. I will probably never see a T50, but there are tears rolling down my face as I watch this. Thank you Gordon Murray for continued hope.

    • @davidblake1663
      @davidblake1663 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep. Someone was slicing onions here too.

    • @Shadowboost
      @Shadowboost 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've seen two F1's and it was spectacular. To see a T.50 in anger though, I have a new life goal

  • @StavTech
    @StavTech 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    I'm not particularly a supercar person, but this thing seems PERFECT, an absolute work of art from a driving enjoyment point of view. Doubt I'll ever drive one, but everything I see about them it's clear it's literally my idea of an awesome car to actually drive and enjoy. Good stuff.

  • @stuart207
    @stuart207 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's the every day nature, unafraid of pot holes, speed bumps and life that makes this the only supercar i could ever/never own 🥲 i love this car deeply.

  • @melvo8475
    @melvo8475 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic review from Ollie. I couldn't be more happy that he had this experience and man, what an intro as well. In contrast, I cant help but wish for the old days of Clarkson doing the first reviews on amazing new supercars. What I would give to see a Top Gear / Grand Tour style review from him on the T.50 or T.33, one can only imagine.

  • @briG911R
    @briG911R หลายเดือนก่อน

    The launch control with all killer electronics engineering systems will never beat the simplicity of such an engine linked to a manual shifter. Driving is all about engagement, feeling and rewards. It seems that this car tick all the good boxes. I loved watching, hearing and feeling Ollie’s pure joy of driving it. Well done Top Gear & a massive Well done to GMA for putting this masterpiece on the roads.

  • @fredaudap
    @fredaudap 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Extraordinary, Gordon Murray is a genius, so much emotion in his voice

  • @LOTUSELISE340R
    @LOTUSELISE340R 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Like many others, I've waited years for a review on T50. So happy to see it's as astonishing as I'd hoped. Gordon is truly in a class of his own. Great work, TG! A special review for a truly special car.

  • @simaojrcosta
    @simaojrcosta 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just have to say, this video is beautiful. Congratulations to the editors and the producers.

  • @bathembufutshane1462
    @bathembufutshane1462 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    52K revs per second is insaaaaane😮

    • @albinka2539
      @albinka2539 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      RPM revolutions per minute😁😁😁😁

  • @oskar6661
    @oskar6661 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    As someone who became a "car guy" in the late 90's...I admit I've more or less fallen out of love with modern cars completely. Electric/assisted cars have all but gutted anything enthusiasm I had for the future of engaging transportation. I cannot be assed to care about electric bawbles and automated systems. It's nice to occasionally see something like this which is carrying the banner for a car you feel/engage with.

  • @pete6705
    @pete6705 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    That car might just be the best driving experience ever created

  • @oscarneiras7738
    @oscarneiras7738 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We want to see (and listen) more of the T50 on that route, please! I happen to be from Barcelona and recognised a few places (Andorra, for example) on the video, but would love to see the route you took and that masterpiece of mechanical engineering that's is the T50 in action over it, I can't get enough! Simply breathtaking.

  • @user-cl4uh8oo8n
    @user-cl4uh8oo8n 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have no words !!! PIECE OF ART !. I have no words !!! PIECE OF ART !.

    • @GDAWG.
      @GDAWG. 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And those are words.

  • @carlsonclassics
    @carlsonclassics 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Analog as much as possible is what it is all about - for me!!!!!!!!
    Well done Gordon Murray and GMA Team.

  • @r4-f440
    @r4-f440 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    One of the BEST SHOT AND EDITED TopGear video to date!

  • @GepardVR
    @GepardVR 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who ever cut that intro, that is a masterpiece what a breathtaking editing, of such a beautiful machinery.

  • @Paralax111
    @Paralax111 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man salute to the cameraman+editor+director! What a cinematic masterpiece you guys have created and bald guy is flexing because of your work

  • @firefighterps2
    @firefighterps2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    All that brilliance, and it sounds better than any recent F1 car.

  • @alexluke84
    @alexluke84 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    This is my dream hypercar...V12 and a stick...plus the looks..great successor to the best ever F1...love it...unfortunately the review isn't longer to observe this weapon 😎😎😎

  • @hrees7371
    @hrees7371 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic, what a pleasure to watch and listen to. Takes automotive engineering to a level that no other manufacturer (with the possible exception of Honda) can contemplate, let alone execute.

  • @TwinCam
    @TwinCam 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ladies and gentlemen, the finest motor car any of us will ever be privileged enough to lay our eyes on.

  • @TheOneInYellow
    @TheOneInYellow 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I felt your passion and got teary eyed with you at the end of the video, as you described your journey whilst experiencing the T.50, and knowing its lineage to the legendary F1, is how you ended up becoming a well loved motoring journalist 🥹
    Awesome video, loved the impromptu hair advert (🌬️🤣), and the awesome recording and shots of the exhaust as the car revs into a different dimension! 👏🏽🔥

  • @prabhugautham
    @prabhugautham 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I feel it's an emotional car especially people who love F1. It's a true F1 car on public roads.

    • @Landonmoto39
      @Landonmoto39 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      …….and for people who loved the McLaren F1 as well…

  • @MiMicheIIe
    @MiMicheIIe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This, right here, is perfection. It literally is. Literally no other car in the world could hope to beat this.

  • @carlsitler9071
    @carlsitler9071 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My super bike red lined at 12.5k. That is crazy to have a street car that does that. It did 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds. Heavenly.

  • @skywalker3852
    @skywalker3852 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I have no words !!! PIECE OF ART !

    • @inmortal131
      @inmortal131 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True I can imagine the roadster sound.