Like the T.50, it runs through a six speed manual gearbox which is similarly used as a semi-stressed member off which the rear suspension is designed to hang.
Even so, the T.33 is really a very different car to the T.50, which is Gordon’s idea of the ultimate driving machine. He calls this car a ‘supercar GT’ which is a subtly but significantly different thing. Indeed, to me it is the true successor to the McLaren F1 which, if you recall, was never designed to be a racing car, but a comfortable, well-equipped, ultra-high speed, continent crusher.
Yes it lacks the T.50 and F1’s central driving position and is instead a conventional two seater, but when you look at its clean lines, the amount of luggage space it provides, the fact that, unlike the T.50 it will be built to meet all Federal legislation requirements and can therefore be sold without hindrance in the US and Gordon’s use of that GT acronym, you can see exactly what kind of car he is trying to create here. He’s even made a two pedal transmission available, though this is no heavy torque converter or heavier double clutch gearbox for that would never do, but a bespoke robotised manual developed for the T.33 by Xtrac. Concerningly for him for the investment must have been hideous, of the 50 cars (out of 100) ordered at the time of our conversation, just three customers have asked to dispense with their clutch pedals…