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The Ghost of Woking at The Quail

As Monterey Car Week serves up a collision of high-downforce legacies, Gordon Murray and McLaren square off in a battle between analogue purity and 1,258-horsepower hybrid excess.

Monterey Car Week has always been the ultimate clubhouse for the one percent of the one percent, but 2026 has transformed The Quail into a high-stakes duel between two very…

Across the lawn, however, the ghost of Woking’s most celebrated era haunts the proceedings in the form of Gordon Murray’s latest creation.

The S1 is an unapologetic nod to the purist. It features a high-revving V12 engine paired with a manual transmission—a combination that is becoming as rare as a hole-in-one at…

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As Monterey Car Week serves up a collision of high-downforce legacies, Gordon Murray and McLaren square off in a battle between analogue purity and 1,258-horsepower hybrid excess.

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