Legendary South African designer Gordon Murray started his career in Formula 1 with the Brabham team, which was owned at the time by Bernie Ecclestone. In the second half of the 1970s, Murray experimented, with varying levels of success, with unconventional solutions like heat-exchangers instead of radiators and the controversial fan-car. Consistent success came when Murray adopted ground effect aerodynamics and the team switched back to Ford Cosworth power. The result was the BT49 launched late in 1979, which gradually evolved and was most successful in its 1981 BT49C guise. With this car Nelson Piquet won three Grands Prix, which was enough to clinch his first World Driver's Championship.
Today only a handful of Brabhams from the Ecclestone-era have escaped his grasp and as a result they are only very rarely seen in public. Fortunately, Ecclestone has made this chassis available to Spanish racer Joaquin Folch-Rusinol to campaign in the Historic Formula 1 Championship. At the recent Dix Mille Tours round, we captured what many consider to be one of the most beautiful F1 cars in full detail as can be seen in this 18-shot gallery.
Nissan Motorsports International (Nismo) have just released the new GT-R GT3 for the coming season. Compared to the car raced this year, it includes a variety of detail improvements to the engine, suspension and aerodynamics. Like its predecessor, the 2013 GT-R Nismo GT3 will be eligible for a wide variety of major championships around the world.
For the 2012 Los Angeles Design Challenge, Mercedes-Benz have created the Ener-G-Force. This is a futuristic impression of what the police car of the year 2025 will look like.

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1981 Brabham BT49C Cosworth - Images, Specifications and Information

2012 Mercedes-Benz Ener-G-Force - Images, Specifications and Information

2013 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 - Images, Specifications and Information