You’ve no doubt heard of the McMurtry Spéirling by now, and most likely seen it ripping around various racetracks in footage that looks as if it’s been sped up. This tiny, unhinged electric track car, which uses a giant fan to suck itself to the ground and corner at mind-bending speeds, has so far only existed as a series of tech demonstrator prototypes, but the plan has always been for a version that people can actually buy, and this is that car.
Well, some of it. The customer version, known as the Spéirling Pure, is being revealed in full next week, but so far, McMurtry’s given us the typical shadowy teaser image showing the finished car in a fetching new green colour scheme.
McMurtry Spéirling Pure prototype
McMurtry’s already given us some of the specs that the track-only Pure will be packing. It’ll produce 1,000bhp and weigh 1,300kg, the bulk of the latter coming from a 100kWh battery pack that’ll allow it to run for 20-minute stints at GT3 race car pace.
Its real party piece, though, is the 2,000kg of downforce it produces thanks to the ground effect action of that fan. It can produce this at any speed, or in fact no speed at all, as has already been ably demonstrated by the car sucking itself in place while being rotated upside down.
While it’s clear from the teaser that the production Pure isn’t going to diverge too far from the formula set by the prototypes, it’s still set to be significantly different: McMurtry says that 95 per cent of its components will be new.
Just 100 Spéirling Pures will be made, priced from £995,000 plus any applicable taxes, delivery fees and options. While that’s clearly not a small amount in anyone’s book, it’s a comparative bargain next to some of the other track-only hyper-toys available to wealthy buyers these days.
Deliveries are set to begin later this year, so if you rock up at a track day next year and see one of these in the paddock, we advise keeping an eye on your rear-view. For 20 minutes, anyway.
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