Fan-tastic: A (very) brief history of the 'fan car'

When Gordon Murray Automotive unveiled its gobsmacking GMA T.50 overnight, featuring an innovative aero device, also known as a fan, sticking out the back of the otherwise reasonably conventional looking supercar, it wasn’t the first car to come from the pen of the legendary Gordon Murray to feature the innovation. It wasn’t even the first car to feature an aero fan. To trace the – short – history of the ‘fan car, we have to go back to 1970, and American racer/engineer Jim Hall.