- Following the record sale of the Gordon Murray Special Vehicles S1 LM for $20.6 million, Halo Cars Group has made a $120 million strategic investment in Gordon Murray Automotive
- The investment will support the timely delivery of the current vehicle order book, advance Gordon Murray Special Vehicles programmes, and safeguard the long-term legacy of the Gordon Murray brand
- Professor Gordon Murray CBE continues as Chairman and Chief Designer, ensuring full continuity of creative and engineering leadership, while existing Chief Financial Officer Darren Jukes is appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer
- Halo Cars Group Managing Partners Tarik Ouass and JR Rahn have joined the Company’s Board of Directors
Surrey, United Kingdom – 17 December 2025 – Gordon Murray Automotive has announced a $120 million strategic investment from Halo Cars Group, securing the long-term legacy of the company and reinforcing its commitment to engineering artistry.
The investment will enable Gordon Murray Automotive and its newly launched Special Vehicles division to advance the product roadmap already in place and deliver existing models currently in development. Professor Gordon Murray CBE will continue in his role as Chairman and Chief Designer, while existing CFO Darren Jukes will take on the interim CEO role as part of the investment. Halo Cars Group Managing Partners Tarik Ouass and JR Rahn will join the Board of Directors. The funding will be used to support new research and development programmes and accelerate delivery of the sold out S1 LM, Le Mans GTR, T.50s Niki Lauda, and the T.33 range of supercars.
Halo Cars Group’s investment follows the world record breaking sale of the Gordon Murray S1 LM at RM Sotheby’s Las Vegas auction last month, where the car achieved a $20.63 million price. This marked the highest non charity auction price ever achieved for a new car. The S1 LM is the inaugural creation of Gordon Murray Special Vehicles, a division dedicated to crafting ultra rare, bespoke interpretations of Gordon Murray’s most collectable designs. Special Vehicles are reserved exclusively for the brand’s most devoted clients and a discreet circle of leading global collectors.
Tarik Ouass and JR Rahn, Managing Partners of the Halo Cars Group, said: “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.”
Professor Gordon Murray CBE, Chairman and Chief Designer, said: “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 to support the detailed product roadmap I have set for the company through to 2039.”
Professor Gordon Murray’s sixty-year design and engineering legacy spans motorcars that have secured five Formula One World Championships with some of the greatest drivers of all time, including Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda and Alain Prost. Professor Murray went on to achieve overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995, in his Le Mans debut, with a racing version derived from his first ever road car, the McLaren F1.
His legacy in supercar design and engineering continues today at Gordon Murray Automotive at the newly built Highams Park headquarters and Production Centre in the Surrey countryside. From there, Gordon Murray Automotive exports more than eighty percent of its supercars to a highly select group of collectors across the United States, the Middle East, Asia and South America.
The recent investment will underpin continued production activity in 2026 for the T.50s Niki Lauda, T.33 range of supercars, and Special Vehicles’ Le Mans GTR. Production of the T.50 reached a significant milestone in November with the completion of the one hundredth car off the line at Highams Park, culminating last week in an RM Sotheby’s auction in Abu Dhabi that valued the T.50 at $5.63 million, nearly double its original MSRP list price.
About Halo Cars Group
Halo Cars Group, founded and led by Managing Partners Tarik Ouass and JR Rahn, brings a shared passion for the Gordon Murray brand and a commitment to supporting its continued focus on engineering art and lightweight philosophy. Mr Ouass is a well-regarded collector of some of the world’s most notable motorcars and is the first ever customer of Gordon Murray Automotive. The investors have strong track records providing venture and growth capital primarily to Silicon Valley technology companies.
Gordon Murray Automotive was advised by Cara Haffey, Industry Leader at PwC for Industrials on the transaction.