McMurtry's Vacuum-Sealed Track Weapon Finally Reaches Customer Hands
A record-smashing electric track car that once drove upside down has quietly gone from viral stunt to a machine you can actually order.
The supercar world is littered with concepts that promise revolutionary performance and then quietly vanish before a single customer unit ever ships. McMurtry has just proven it isn't one of those companies, confirming that its extraordinary Spéirling PURE has moved from prototype spectacle into full production reality.
This isn't just another track toy chasing headlines. The Spéirling PURE first made its name by obliterating the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb record, then went on to out-brake, out-corner, and out-accelerate machinery costing many times more, including a humiliating 14.1-second beatdown of a Mercedes-AMG One at Hockenheim. It even became the first car in history to complete a lap while driving upside down, thanks to its bizarre ground-effect trickery.
Now that party trick has a production spec sheet to match. A fresh 100-kWh battery pack feeds a pair of rear motors good for 1,000 hp, hurling the single-seat electric car to 60 mph in just 1.55 seconds on its way to a claimed 190 mph. Those are numbers that would embarrass most current hypercars, let alone anything wearing a number plate.
The real secret, though, isn't just raw power. McMurtry's patented Downforce-on-Demand fan system can conjure up to 4,409 lbs of downforce before the car has even turned a wheel, meaning grip doesn't build with speed the way it does in a conventional car, it's simply there from a standstill. That's what allows the Spéirling PURE to pull up to 3g in corners and under braking, a figure normally reserved for actual open-wheel racers.
What's changed most between the record-setting prototypes and this final version isn't outright pace, but usability. McMurtry says roughly 95 percent of the car's components are new, with a larger battery, a redesigned carbon monocoque, more cockpit room, better visibility, integrated lighting, and even a spot to stash a helmet and HANS device under the rear wing. Managing director Thomas Yates says the goal was F1-level performance with ownership costs and support closer to a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, meaning no dedicated race crew required, just a capable friend in the paddock.
That shift matters because it's the difference between a car that exists purely to generate viral clips and one buyers can actually live with at track days. McMurtry has effectively taken one of the most absurd performance stories in recent memory and turned it into a genuine ownership proposition, something few ambitious hypercar startups ever manage to pull off.