Gordon Murray Automotive has announced a $120 million strategic investment from Halo Cars Group. The funding follows a notable moment for the British marque at an RM Sotheby’s auction Last month, where a Gordon Murray Special Vehicles S1 LM sold for $20.63 million in Las Vegas, setting a record for the highest non-charity price ever paid for a new car.
The result underlines the growing financial value attached to Murray’s modern creations and provides a backdrop for the new investment. Professor Gordon Murray will continue as Chairman and Chief Designer. The company’s Chief Financial Officer, Darren Jukes, has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer. Halo Cars Group’s Managing Partners, Tarik Ouass and JR Rahn, will join the board.
“This is not an investment in scale, but in further scarcity. Our investment mandate is the complete opposite of a conventional growth investment in automotive. We believe that further limiting allocations of an already very exclusive production is what allows Gordon Murray’s bespoke craftsmanship and engineering artistry to endure for generations.” – Tarik Ouass and JR Rahn, Managing Partners of the Halo Cars Group.
Gordon Murray Automotive says this investment will support delivery of its current order book, fund research and development programmes with a product roadmap outlined through 2039, and strengthen its Special Vehicles division, which focuses on ultra-low-volume projects across three areas: bespoke commissions based on existing models, heritage-based reinterpretations of earlier Murray designs, and entirely new vehicles. Access is limited to a small group of long-standing clients, and production numbers remain deliberately low.
The approach reflects the seven principles that guide the company’s work, including lightweight design, timeless engineering art, exclusivity, and driving perfection. Murray has long argued that retaining control over key areas of design and engineering is essential.
That belief dates back to his time in Formula One during the 1970s and ’80s with Brabham and later McLaren, where close integration between aerodynamics, structure, and layout produced championship-winning cars and subsequent road cars. Elements such as ground-effect aerodynamics and the central driving position, now familiar features of his road cars, emerged from that integrated thinking.
“Gordon Murray Automotive has always been a very exclusive family, reflected both in our team and in the customers who support us. I am confident that I have found the right partners who value our seven principles and will support my legacy moving forward. Tarik Ouass was the very first customer to order a T.50 and has acquired every motorcar we have ever created. I am excited for the next chapter with Tarik and his investment partner JR Rahn joining me on the board” – Professor Gordon Murray CBE, Chairman and Chief Designer.
Production activity is set to continue through 2026, covering models including the T.50s Niki Lauda, the T.33 range, and the Special Vehicles Le Mans GTR. In November, the company completed the production of the 100th T.50 at its Highams Park facility in Surrey, England. More than 80 percent of Gordon Murray Automotive’s output is exported, with the United States among its most important markets alongside the Middle East, Asia, and South America.
Earlier this month, an RM Sotheby’s auction in Abu Dhabi saw a T.50 valued at $5.63 million, double its original MSRP. duPont REGISTRY was present at the sale, and the show stopper was another one of Murray’s all-time great creations: a 1995 McLaren F1 originally delivered to Brunei and fitted with the HDK package, which exceeded its pre-auction estimate, eventually selling for $25.3 million.
Taken together, the investment and recent auction results signal a carefully controlled future for Gordon Murray Automotive, one built on continuity, scarcity, and sustained engineering independence.
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