Bangkok 2025: Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 on show – rare supercar makes an appearance at BIMS

Chinese – and electric – vehicles may be dominating the displays at the 2025 Bangkok International Motor Show (BIMS), but here’s a sleek sight that provides a visual relief from the endless stream of SUVs and box-shaped people movers inside the halls, coming in the form of a very rare supercar sitting quietly in the foyer of the Impact Muang Thong Thani.

It’s a special beast, the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50, what with only 100 examples around. First revealed in 2020, the design was aimed at being the purest, most driver-centric analogue supercar ever built. Given how the automotive world has shaped up now, it looks to be the definitive sign-off for that.

The GMA T.50 is powered by a fully bespoke Cosworth 3.9 litre naturally-aspirated V12 engine that delivers 663 PS at 11,500 rpm and 467 Nm of torque at 9,000 rpm (71% of which is available from 2,500 rpm). Not staggering numbers in an age where big outputs are seemingly everything, but definitely more than enough to hustle the 986 kg mass along in rapid enough fashion.

The high-revving mill, which tips the scales at 178 kg (making it the lightest road-going V12 unit ever made), is paired with a lightweight 80.5 kg Xtrac H-pattern six-speed manual gearbox that features five close ratios primed for acceleration and a longer sixth ratio for cruising.

Lightweight is the operative word for this three-seater (driver in middle, flanked by recessed passenger seats on each side), and not just in terms of powertrain and drivetrain, because just about everything else, from the chassis and body to the nuts and bolts as well as the alloy wheels have been engineered with as much weight reduction as possible.

Aside from an exterior featuring unfettered lines and clean surfaces, technical novelties include an outstanding play on aerodynamics to manage underbody and overbody airflow, aided by a rear-mounted 400 mm fan and a pair of active spoilers at the back to add stability and downforce respectively.

This really is an engineering marvel, full of technical accomplishment, but it’s bound to be only appreciated by old-school motorheads and traditional path aficionados. For most visiting the show, the gems that will truly sparkle for them will be the ones inside the exhibition halls. C’est la vie, yes.

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