2006 Light Car Company Rocket The lightest production car of all time – one of the final Rockets built with just two owners and 4,500 km from new. The 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrates an extraordinary 60-year career of design and innovation by Gordon Murray. Best known for the McLaren F1 and a pioneering legacy in Formula One, it’s a fitting moment to shine a spotlight on one of his most uncompromising and focused creations – the Light Car Company Rocket. The Light Car Company Rocket is one of those cars that strips everything back to what driving should be about; light, simple and completely undiluted. It was the brainchild of two people who know a thing or two about performance cars. Gordon Murray, the man behind the McLaren F1, and racing driver Chris Craft. When it first appeared in 1991 the Rocket was unlike anything else on the road. Inspired by classic Formula 1 design, it tips the scales at just 385 kilos making it the lightest production car ever built. For context that is less than half the weight of a classic Mini. At its heart sits a 1000cc Yamaha superbike engine paired with a concentric sequential gearbox, Formula 3 brakes and bespoke suspension. The result is a staggering 380 brake horsepower per tonne giving it performance that embarrasses many modern supercars. Everything about the Rocket reflects Murray’s obsession with lightweight design and mechanical purity. This is a road legal car that feels every bit as focused as a racing car and, incredibly, it even allows a tandem passenger to come along for the ride. It is raw, uncompromising and completely intoxicating to drive. Production was always extremely limited. Various factors meant that only 47 examples were ever built between 1991 and 2011 making the Rocket twice as rare as Gordon Murray’s famous McLaren F1 and with an even more single-minded approach to pure driving fun. Chassis number R042 R004 is from the final batch of Rockets constructed between 2006 and 2011. These later cars featured a handful of updates to meet more modern regulations without losing any of the car’s character. This particular example was completed in 2007 and delivered new to a private collector in Japan where it remained for 15 years covering just 4,500 kilometres. In 2022 Pendine sourced the Rocket for its current owner who, having enjoyed their ownership, have now entrusted Pendine to find the Rocket its next custodian. The car remains in outstanding condition throughout with its history originality and low mileage all speaking for themselves. It has just been serviced by The Light Car Company. The Light Car Company Rocket offers something that is virtually impossible to find in today’s world of increasingly heavy and complicated cars. It is a featherlight machine with real pedigree designed by one of the greatest automotive minds in the business. With its rarity, engineering and sheer fun factor this is a car that any serious collector will appreciate. This final series example with its low mileage excellent provenance and known history ticks all the right boxes. A beautifully engineered celebration of lightness, simplicity and pure driving joy. Available now for viewing and demonstration at our Bicester Motion showroom. The lightest production car of all time – one of the final Rockets built with just two owners and 4,500 km from new. The 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrates an extraordinary 60-year career of design and innovation by Gordon Murray. Best known for the McLaren F1 and a pioneering legacy in Formula One, it’s a fitting moment to shine a spotlight on one of his most uncompromising and focused creations – the Light Car Company Rocket. The Light Car Company Rocket is one of those cars that strips everything back to what driving should be about; light, simple and completely undiluted. It was the brainchild of two people who know a thing or two about performance cars. Gordon Murray, the man behind the McLaren F1, and racing driver Chris Craft. When it first appeared in 1991 the Rocket was unlike anything else on the road. Inspired by classic Formula 1 design, it tips the scales at just 385 kilos making it the lightest production car ever built. For context that is less than half the weight of a classic Mini. At its heart sits a 1000cc Yamaha superbike engine paired with a concentric sequential gearbox, Formula 3 brakes and bespoke suspension. The result is a staggering 380 brake horsepower per tonne giving it performance that embarrasses many modern supercars. Everything about the Rocket reflects Murray’s obsession with lightweight design and mechanical purity. This is a road legal car that feels every bit as focused as a racing car and, incredibly, it even allows a tandem passenger to come along for the ride. It is raw, uncompromising and completely intoxicating to drive. Production was always extremely limited. Various factors meant that only 47 examples were ever built between 1991 and 2011 making the Rocket twice as rare as Gordon Murray’s famous McLaren F1 and with an even more single-minded approach to pure driving fun. Chassis number R042 R004 is from the final batch of Rockets constructed between 2006 and 2011. These later cars featured a handful of updates to meet more modern regulations without losing any of the car’s character. This particular example was completed in 2007 and delivered new to a private collector in Japan where it remained for 15 years covering just 4,500 kilometres. In 2022 Pendine sourced the Rocket for its current owner who, having enjoyed their ownership, have now entrusted Pendine to find the Rocket its next custodian. The car remains in outstanding condition throughout with its history originality and low mileage all speaking for themselves. It has just been serviced by The Light Car Company. The Light Car Company Rocket offers something that is virtually impossible to find in today’s world of increasingly heavy and complicated cars. It is a featherlight machine with real pedigree designed by one of the greatest automotive minds in the business. With its rarity, engineering and sheer fun factor this is a car that any serious collector will appreciate. This final series example with its low mileage excellent provenance and known history ticks all the right boxes. A beautifully engineered celebration of lightness, simplicity and pure driving joy. Available now for viewing and demonstration at our Bicester Motion showroom. Price – POA