GMSV Unveils Le Mans Tribute Supercars at Monterey Car Week
Gordon Murray Special Vehicles, the British creator of SV Design, Heritage and Bespoke sports and supercars, revealed its first two models during Monterey Car Week in California. The pair of Le Mans tribute supercars showcases a new chapter for the marque, uniting motorsport heritage with contemporary British supercar design and precision engineering.
The new GMSV brand redefines bespoke automotive craftsmanship, celebrates Gordon Murray’s heritage and puts the driver at the centre of every decision. While sister company GMA builds premium, hand-crafted production cars, GMSV responds to sustained demand from enthusiasts and collectors by creating one-off commissions, limited-edition specials and heritage-inspired continuations that transcend convention.
At the US launch of Gordon Murray Special Vehicles, the company presented new supercars from its SV Design and Bespoke lines. Inspired by Gordon’s love of endurance racing and his emphatic 1995 Le Mans win, both models reinterpret one of the world’s greatest road races through a modern lens.
The GMSV S1 LM is the first commission executed by Gordon Murray Special Vehicles. As the debut vehicle, S1 denotes Special One, born from a client’s passion for Gordon’s 1990s designs and his landmark 1995 victory at Le Mans. The timeless form pays homage to the beauty of Murray’s original Le Mans-winning race car, with prominent high-downforce aerodynamic elements. The project pushes Professor Gordon Murray’s seven principles further than ever, with particular emphasis on exclusivity, a return to beauty, engineering art, lightness and driving perfection.
Professor Gordon Murray, Group Executive Chairman: “I love timeless design. I never want us to join the race to make the most outrageous-looking supercar at the expense of balance, beauty, and proportion. Look at the result, the car is timeless and beautiful.”
The S1 LM adopts a newly lowered roofline and entirely new ultra-lightweight carbon fibre body panels. A model-specific aero package combines a front splitter, rear diffuser and dual-element rear wing to deliver significant downforce and stability. Le Mans-inspired lights at both ends sit in precision-engineered housings that flow with the sculpted bodywork.
Gordon Murray’s belief that the engine forms the heart of the car and at least half of the experience guides the S1 LM’s layout. By removing the rear fan and oil cooling pack, the team freed space for a unique 4.3-litre V12 producing over 700 PS, paired with a bespoke Inconel exhaust wrapped in 18-karat gold-foiled heat shielding. Development targeted larger displacement, lighter internals and a higher compression ratio to maximise power, torque and response. The V12 revs to 12,100 rpm and sings through four centrally mounted exhausts, inspired by the 1995 Le Mans winning legend.
Engineers developed the manual gearbox using the T.50s casing with T.50 internals, refining linkage and setup for short rifle-bolt throws. Bespoke suspension geometry, a lower ride height and unique damper settings deliver a sharp, highly connected drive. A solid-mounted engine enables the purest expression of transient handling while minimising unwanted noise and vibration.
The race-inspired cockpit places the driver centrally to create a fighter jet-style environment with minimalist, skeletal architecture, embodying the engineering art principle. The interior introduces new lightweighting concepts, uses the finest materials and showcases bespoke craftsmanship at every touchpoint, delivering precision worthy of its motorsport pedigree.
GMSV’s Bespoke division will build just five ultra-exclusive, road-legal S1 LM models for an undisclosed price, with deliveries due to begin in 2026.
The GMSV Le Mans GTR draws on Murray’s longtail Le Mans racers and takes cues from other great longtail icons of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Influences include the Matra-Simca MS660, Porsche 917 and Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3, while performance-led aerodynamics and a distinctive SV Design language differentiate the new model from the purity of GMA’s supercars.
Professor Gordon Murray, Group Executive Chairman: “Longtail racing cars perfectly combine aerodynamic benefit and aesthetic balance. I've always loved their mix of considered engineering and flowing design. Our Le Mans GTR timelessly reimagines the longtail racers I’ve admired since I began designing cars, adding contemporary aerodynamics and our exquisitely engineered chassis, engine, and transmission.”
A new GMSV platform blends road-going capability with track-inspired precision. For the Le Mans GTR, GMSV utilises the high-revving GMA V12 and a manual six-speed transmission, but changes almost every other element. Every aspect follows Murray’s ethos of lightness-led engineering art, with a road-legal yet track-oriented driving experience at its core.
Enhanced Passive Boundary Layer Control shapes a sleek, low-drag form, while an aero-balanced front splitter, deep side skirts and twin-channel rear diffuser generate strong ground-effect downforce. Engineers achieved this without the rear-mounted fan of the T.50 and T.50s, and they added a deep, full-width rear wing to balance downforce and drag for road and track.
The double exhaust exits between the twin-tunnel diffuser to deliver a deep, balanced V12 soundtrack. At the same time, a roof-mounted ram-air intake enriches the cabin experience as drivers explore the 12,100 rpm rev range.
For circuit use, the SV Design model offers stiffer, lighter suspension, a wider track, larger tyres in Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 specification, greater cooling and optimised weight distribution. Larger front vents and side-pod intakes ahead of the rear wheels feed engine and gearbox cooling. A solid engine mounting system boosts dynamics further while mitigating the noise and vibration often associated with solid mounts.
The interior retains material quality even though the driving experience is more track-focused than GMA’s halo T.50. Engineers redesigned all driver-focused components, reimagining the dash, switches, dials, seat cushioning and pedal pads. Customers can commission materials and colours that honour iconic longtail racers or collaborate with the Creative team to craft a highly personalised modern cockpit.
GMSV will build a limited series of 24 Le Mans GTR supercars, one for every hour of the famous race. Development is underway, and the first customer cars are scheduled for completion in 2026. In collaboration with Joe Macari Performance Cars, GMSV has paired each model with its owner. All examples are sold, and prices remain undisclosed.
Phil Lee, Gordon Murray Group CEO: “The Gordon Murray Group has driven perfection, lightweight engineering art, and exclusivity at the core of all it does. GMSV allows us to explore these core trends, fuelled by the enthusiasm and imagination of our customers. Our first two models demonstrate the GMSV team’s exceptional engineering and design capabilities. We are already working on more models and look forward to partnering with the world’s most passionate driving enthusiasts to create more automotive works of art.”
Gordon Murray Special Vehicles works with visionary clients to create unique, ultra-low-volume cars that leverage the design, engineering and manufacturing expertise of the Gordon Murray Group. The company builds vehicles across three categories: SV Design for ultra-low-volume designs based on a GMA production vehicle, Heritage for continuation or reimagined models rooted in Gordon Murray’s past designs, and Bespoke for limited-edition or one-of-one commissions.
