Gordon Murray Automotive

Item: Gordon Murray Automotive
Rating: 8.1

Hand-built lightweight supercars from a Formula 1 designer.

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8.1/10MABTU rating

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01header55
02hero900
03content429
04media textENGINEERING EXPRESSED AS ART675
05content472
06media textEVERY GRAMME MUST JUSTIFY ITSELF675
07features gridA RETURN TO BEAUTY597
08features grid336
09media textDRIVING PERFECTION630
10features gridPRESS728
11formENQUIRE661
12footer530

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Visual design8.8

UX & clarity7.8

Originality8.0

Craft & consistency8.6

Motion7.5

Performance & a11y6.5

This page scores 8.1; the site score weights the home page double.

Main colours

Dark·black background·mono

Typography

Soin Sansheading · sans · self-hosted Soin Sansbody · sans · self-hosted Kulim Parkaccent · font · self-hosted

Stack & style

Next.js Lenis React Sanity Tailwind CSS

Minimal Luxury Monochrome Photography-led Custom cursor Hero video Horizontal scroll Smooth scroll Stats band Sticky header Transparent header

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Design DNA

Pure black page, white grotesk, and a deliberately small type scale: manifesto lines are centred 16-20px caps with wide letterspacing while the imagery runs full-bleed. A looping video hero of a tail light opens onto a horizontal-scroll rail of model cards with photo overlays, then alternating left/right macro shots (exhaust manifolds, drilled pedals) paired with narrow justified copy columns. A thin three-number stats band, archival black-and-white F1 photography, a press card grid, a minimal enquiry form and a giant wordmark footer close it.

Worth borrowing

Keep body and headline type small and widely letterspaced so full-bleed photography stays the loudest element.
Break a manifesto into single centred sentences separated by tall black gaps instead of one paragraph.
End the page with the wordmark set at display size across the full footer width.