McMurtry Automotive
Extreme-performance electric car company based in Gloucestershire, UK. Founded in 2016, McMurtry has developed the Spéirling, an ultra-lightweight, ultra-powerful track car that generates massive levels of downforce using a sealed-skirt fan system, contributing to the extraordinary traction that has allowed this machine to smash many production car acceleration records.
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Absolute proof that the virtual and real worlds are converging for automobiles occurred on Sunday at Goodwood when a car designed for the Gran Turismo SPORT video game debuted as a real car then blitzed all comers on the famous hill-climb circuit. -
The McMurtry Spéirling is nearing production, a year after setting a Goodwood record and half-year since 0-60-mph and quarter-mile records. The 1,000-hp single-seater will bring fan-assist downforce to market to melt faces and baffle eardrums. -
On a damp track, in the cold British winter, this British electric hypercar (with a huge unfair advantage) just ate the Rimac Nevera's lunch, doing a 1.4-second 0-60 mph sprint and a 7.97-second quarter mile despite being severely speed limited. -
It's been over 40 years, but the fan car is back. The McMurtry Spéirling became the first fan car to race in sanctioned motorsport since 1978, winning this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed and becoming the fastest car to ever tackle the hillclimb. -
British company McMurtry Automotive has shown off its new Spéirling at Goodwood. It's a miniature electric hypercar with a Gordon Murray-style fan system that generates more than 500 kg of downforce at a standstill – and 120 decibels.