Gordon Murray Le Mans GTR Logs First Public Test Miles at Le Mans One of Gordon Murray’s most ambitious projects reached a significant milestone in France this year. Unveiled in 2025, the sold-out Le Mans GTR by Gordon Murray Special Vehicles (GMSV) made its dynamic debut at the Le Mans Classic (July 2–5) with Le Mans winner Dario Franchitti behind the wheel. It’s a fitting venue for a car influenced by endurance racing. The milestone car is finished in a heritage-laced shade of dark green, and it’s pretty much identical to the design model that GMSV introduced last year. Visually, the Le Mans GTR pays homage to the long-tail, Le Mans–winning McLaren F1 racers designed by Gordon Murray, but it’s not a carbon copy of an existing model. Like the road-going F1, which Murray helped develop, the Le Mans GTR features a three-seater interior that puts the driver front and center. A carbon-fiber body keeps the dry weight down to a Miata-like 2200 pounds. Power comes from a powerplant that is absolutely unlike a Miata’s, a naturally aspirated, 4.0-liter V-12 designed by Cosworth and rated at approximately 650 horsepower. The drivetrain makes the Le Mans GTR a bit of an oddball in the supercar segment; the engine revs to a motorcycle-like 12,100 rpm, it’s linked to a six-speed manual transmission, and there’s no electrification. On paper, it almost sounds like we’re talking about a supercar built during the 1990s, and odds are that’s not a coincidence. Analog sells, especially in the upper echelons of the automotive industry. On the Circuit de la Sarthe last weekend, the Le Mans GTR was part of a parade reserved for cars created by Gordon Murray, a former Formula 1 designer. The roster included a T.50 finished in Bespoke Tartan Red and owned by a customer, a track-only T.50s Niki Lauda XP3 that set a GT3 lap record in Bahrain earlier in 2026, as well as several classic cars such as an F1 GTR that raced at Le Mans in 1996 and a Brabham BT44B. You’re not entirely out of luck if you missed the Gordon Murray cars at the Le Mans Classic. The company and its founder are headed to the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where they’ll race several V-12-powered cars, including the new Le Mans GTR, up the famous hill. The Goodwood Festival will run from July 9 to 12. Production of the Gordon Murray Le Mans GTR is limited to 24 examples as a tribute to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Pricing hasn’t been announced, though the model is already sold out. Development work will continue over the next few months, and deliveries are scheduled to start in 2027.