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Gordon Murray and the McLaren F1
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I read an amazing book on Gordon Murray and the creation of the McLaren F1, the greatest supercar of all time.
The book was packed with the complete history, amazing stories, incredible photos, and even the original sketches and notes straight from Gordon Murray's notebook.
“Driving Ambition: The Official Inside Story of the McLaren F1” by author Doug Nye
Gordon Murray needed a plan, he’s got to explain how he’ll achieve the biggest challenge of them all…
How was he going to make the new McLaren road car better than anything else in existence?
Where do you even start?
He began by researching everything he didn’t like about the great cars that were already out there.
And of course this meant testing and driving the competition.
So he rounded up every great supercar to find out exactly what was wrong with each of them, and then he could simply remove those things he didn’t like from his design for the new McLaren. He performed an, "exorcism."
"A Car Dear to My Heart" by Gordon Murray
https://beautifullyengineered.tumblr.com/post/66008108542/a-car-dear-to-my-heart-gordon-murray-on-the
The Story Behind the McLaren F1 Record-Breaking 240.1 MPH Top Speed
https://youtu.be/93CjrQDC0Ic?feature=shared
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