McMurtry's Fan-Powered Track Car Just Went From Prototype to a £995,000 Production Reality
The Spéirling PURE makes 1,000 hp, hits 60 mph in 1.55 seconds, and can generate 2,000 kg of downforce before it's even moving — only 100 will be built.
McMurtry Automotive revealed the production form of its single-seat electric track car, the Spéirling PURE, on July 2 — the culmination of a decade-long development program and, by McMurtry's account, 95% new componentry compared to the prototypes that made the car's name. The numbers stayed wild through the transition to production: 1,000 hp from a 100 kWh lithium-ion battery, 0-60 mph in 1.55 seconds, a 190 mph top speed, and 3g of cornering and braking force.
The defining feature is still "Downforce on Demand" — two high-speed fans mounted under the car that generate suction against the road surface, producing up to 2,000 kg of downforce starting from a dead stop, not just at speed the way a wing or diffuser would. It's the same fan-car principle that powered Formula 1's brief, banned flirtation with ground-effect suction cars in the late 1970s, revived here as a road-legal-adjacent track weapon rather than a race-series loophole.
Only 100 examples of the Spéirling PURE will be built, priced at £995,000 plus taxes, with first customer deliveries beginning later in 2026. McMurtry is showing the car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed July 9–12, with a full production debut planned for The Quail on August 14 — placing it in front of two of the highest-net-worth car audiences in the world within about five weeks of each other.
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