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More than anything else, Lotus has (historically at least) been about two things: it’s serious about lightweight construction (following its founder Colin Chapman’s ethos of “adding lightness”) and it’s quintessentially British. And you could say the same about Gordon Murray.
The celebrated designer and engineer behind countless Formula One race cars, the McLaren F1 supercar and, most recently, the T.25/T.27 city car project is now joining forces with Lotus. In an advisory capacity, anyway.
Lotus has announced Murray as the latest addition to its Advisory Council, a board that already includes such names as Bob Lutz, former BMW NA chief Tom Purves, former BMW designer Burkhard Göschel and Volkswagen engineer Frank Tuch.
The appointment shouldn’t interfere with Murray’s independent design outfit, but brings him full circle to when he first started out in F1 and hoped, above all, to join the Lotus team before being hired by Bernie Ecclestone to work at Brabham instead. Official announcement after the jump.Continue reading Gordon Murray signs on to advise Lotus
Gordon Murray signs on to advise Lotus originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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