SECON D’S OUT
THE UNDERGROUND CAR PARK at GMA’s new Windlesham HQ is shrouded in darkness as we descend the stairs. Someone, helpfully, switches the lights on, and there it is: a millimetreperfect model of the new T.33. In that very first moment your subconscious can’t lie; it’s an unfiltered reaction that speaks volumes. Diminutive, attractive and classical are the three words that spring instantly to mind, that last one because, slightly bizarrely, the T.33 has more of a whiff of ’60s racer and Miura about it than of a modern supercar that’s just turned left out of the gate at the Nürburgring. The front sits proud and pointedly off the ground, the curves are smooth and unbroken, and there appears to be no wings in sight whatsoever – it’s astonishingly graceful. There are good reasons for this, though, and the man himself is here to give evo the full story.
‘This is a car I’ve had in my head for decades,’ says Gordon Murray. ‘I’ve always wanted to do a motor car [as always with Murray, it’s “motor car”, not “car”] that picks out my favourite 1960s sports racing car features – not retro in any shape or form, but one that uses those shapes in a modern form.’ He mentions
