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Fri 28 Dec 2018

Gordon Murray awarded CBE in Queen’s New Year Honours

Legendary automotive designer and engineer, Gordon Murray, made Commander of the British Empire for ‘services to Motoring’

Gordon Murray crowns 50 years of automotive design with royal recognition

Career highlights include 20 years in Formula One; designing the McLaren F1; and introducing the revolutionary iStream vehicle manufacturing process

Automotive designer and engineer, Professor Gordon Murray has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the Queen’s New Year Honours 2019. The accolade is in recognition of his ‘services to Motoring’ after a lifetime of devising and delivering creative and ground-breaking projects in the motorsport and automotive sectors.

Gordon Murray said: “It is extremely humbling to receive a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours. I’ve spent more than 50 years doing what I love, working with a wealth of highly-talented and creative people around the world, but primarily in the UK. From the competing during the heyday of Formula One, to designing the world’s fastest supercar, I’ve loved every minute. I’d like to dedicate this honour to all those I’ve worked with over the years and I look forward to an exciting new future for the Gordon Murray Group.”

Having designed his first car in 1967, Murray moved to the UK to join the Brabham Formula One Team as Technical Director winning two world championships (1981 and 1983), and then moved to McLaren International as Technical Director in 1988 where the team won three consecutive championships – 1988, 1989 and 1990.

Having accrued 50 Grand Prix wins in Formula One, he went on to establish a new company – McLaren Cars Limited. The Company’s first project was the renowned McLaren F1 Road Car. A racing version won two world sports car championships and the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1995. Murray guided several other successful projects at McLaren Cars, culminating with the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren programme.

In 2005 Murray formed a new British company for the design, engineering, prototyping and development of vehicles – Gordon Murray Design Limited. The Surrey-based company has a global reputation as one of the finest automotive design teams in the world and is responsible for an innovative and disruptive manufacturing technology: iStream®.

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About Gordon Murray Group
Gordon Murray Group currently incorporates Gordon Murray Design (GMD) and Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA).

GMA is a newly-established specialist vehicle manufacturing company, which will take innovative car designs from GMD into limited-run production using the iStream system. It will also be able to build vehicles on a low-volume basis for external customers, to bespoke designs or by licensing its own models. The T.43 sports car is the first platform and product designed for licence or sale by GMA.

About iStream
iStream is GMD’s revolutionary manufacturing system, which is now fully industrialised. The latest iteration of the system, iStream Superlight®, combines a high-strength aluminium frame with advanced carbon fibre composite panels – bringing Formula One-derived construction and technologies to mainstream car production. GMD is currently working on several global projects, all of which are based on GMD’s iStream manufacturing process.

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For further information, images or comment about the Gordon Murray Group, please contact:

Sarah Smith, Communications Officer
Gordon Murray Design
sarah.smith@gordonmurraydesign.com

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Tesla Model 3 Performance Price = 50% of BMW M3 Price in China

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by Zachary Shahan

Tesla Model 3 Performance Price = 50% of BMW M3 Price in China

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December 18th, 2018 by Zachary Shahan

If the BMW 3 Series seems to be in trouble in the US due to the Tesla Model 3, it appears it might have a much bigger problem in China. The Tesla Model 3 Long Range is already at the top of the price range of a BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and lower-trim options should eventually arrive to compete with those models’ lower-trim options.

Additionally, at the highest end, the Tesla Model 3 Performance crushes the prices of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz AMG C 63 — as in, it’s approximately half the price of those premium-class competitors.

Don’t let the prices fool you, though — the Tesla Model 3 offers superior performance. As our friend Vincent, who shared all of this info with us, points out, the Tesla Model 3 Performance is even quicker than the BMW M4.

As Vincent shares, the prices of midsize luxury sedans in China (in USD) are as follows:

Audi A4 — $43,000–60,000
BMW 3 Series — $42,000–72,000
Mercedes-Benz C-Class — $46,000–72,000
Tesla Model 3 Long Range — $72,000

As far as the performance versions, you get:

BMW M3 — $162,000
BMW M4 — $184,000
Mercedes-Benz AMG C 63 — $173,623
Tesla Model 3 Performance — $81,160

Here are the original tweets about these comparisons:

In addition to those comparisons, Vincent highlighted that prices for the Tesla Model S and Model X dropped notably in the past week:

Taking into account huge fuel and operational savings from driving a Tesla Model 3 rather than a BMW or a Mercedes, as well as the many extra benefits of an electric car and especially a Tesla, I have to agree with Vincent’s comment that “I can’t find a reason to buy BMW … sorry, just can’t.” However, same goes for Mercedes, Audi, etc.

Expect a good first quarter for Tesla in China.

If you’re looking to buy a Tesla, appreciate my work, and need a referral code, here you go: http://ts.la/tomasz7234

Images via Tesla

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