'Rare' £2.2m supercar photographed outside pub in Weymouth
The GMA T.50 was seen parked outside the William Henry Wetherspoons pub over the Easter weekend.
This picture of it was taken in Frederick Place by Echo Camera Club member Peter Harriman.
The GMA T.50, which is made by British manufacturer and designer of the McLaren F1 Gordon Murray, made its global debut in 2020 and was the company's first product with a £2.2m price tag.
The GMA T.50 in Weymouth (Image: Peter Harriman)
It made its debut in the UK at Goodwood in 2021 driven by three times Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti MBE.
He declared at the time: "The car gave me goosebumps. It's just incredible."
According to the supercarblog.com, the T.50 is an old-school analogue supercar with a naturally aspirated engine mated to a manual gearbox.
The Cosworth GMA V12 engine boasts 12,100 rpm redline. It is the highest-revving naturally aspirated road car engine ever built.
Every T.50 sold out and Murray has moved on to making bespoke, one-off supercars.
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