A fan-assisted electric hypercar delivering extreme downforce and a 1.5-second 0–100 km/h sprint.
There are fast cars, there are ridiculous cars, and then there’s something that feels like it was engineered in a secret underground lab by people who think gravity is more of a suggestion than a law.
The McMurtry Spéirling is exactly that—a machine so absurdly focused on speed and grip that it almost rewrites what a car is supposed to do.
Now, the story begins not in some sprawling automotive empire,
but with Sir David McMurtry—a British engineer who decided, quite casually, that the world needed a single-seat electric monster capable of humiliating hypercars and race machines alike.
No marketing fluff, no legacy baggage—just pure, distilled engineering madness.
At first glance, the Spéirling looks like a toy that escaped from a wind tunnel. It’s tiny—almost comically so—but that’s part of the trick. Beneath its compact carbon shell lies a fully electric powertrain producing around 1000 hp,
delivered instantly, brutally, and without mercy. 0–100 km/h? Around 1.5 seconds. Not fast—violent.
But here’s where things get properly unhinged.
Instead of relying purely on aerodynamics like traditional race cars, the Spéirling uses a fan system—yes, actual fans—to suck itself onto the ground. This creates massive downforce even at zero speed.
Meaning it doesn’t need airflow to grip. It just… sticks. The result? Cornering forces that feel like they belong in a video game rather than reality.
This isn’t entirely new—Chaparral experimented with it decades ago—but no one has pushed it this far, this seriously, and this effectively in a modern machine.
And then came the moment. At the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Spéirling didn’t just win—it obliterated the hillclimb record. Driven by Max Chilton,
it looked less like a car and more like a glitch in the simulation. No drama, no sliding, no hesitation—just relentless, silent acceleration and impossible grip.
Driving it must feel surreal. There’s no engine noise in the traditional sense—just a high-pitched electric scream and the eerie hum of fans working overtime beneath you.
The sensation isn’t about speed alone; it’s about how the car bends physics around itself.
Corners don’t feel like corners anymore—they feel like suggestions you can ignore.
It erases them.
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Audrey Hepburn, British actress
