The McMurtry Spéirling's Production Form Is HereMcMurtry AutomotiveThe world of track-only hypercars is crowded, but the record-setting McMurtry Spéirling manages to stand out even in a field of Le Mans winners and machines even more extreme than that. Thanks to electric power and a massive rear-mounted downforce-generating fan, prototypes of the Spéirling have been doing things like set a record at Goodwood and drive upside-down. Now, McMurtry has finally revealed the production car, the Spéirling Pure—and the numbers are exactly as outrageous as you might hope.McMurtry claims that the fan on the back produces up to a headlining 4400 pounds of downforce at zero miles an hour, a downright ridiculous number for any car at speed but absolutely insane for one standing still. This is the figure at the heart of the car's performance, helping it reach 3 g of force while cornering and under braking. A 100-kWh battery sends 1000 horsepower to the rear wheels, and, when combined with that absurd power pushing the car into the ground, the Pure can zip from 0 to 62 mph in a claimed 1.55 seconds.McMurtry AutomotiveIt is a bit heavy for its footprint, at just under 3000 lbs before options, but that weight is still notably light for anything with a 100-kWh battery. The production car has both a larger battery and about 660 lbs more weight than the record-setting cars, but McMurtry still says that lap times are still "anticipated to be very similar to the prototypes."AdvertisementAdvertisementDesign will look familiar to anyone who has seen the original Spéirling prototype, but a few key changes have helped clean up some of the awkward lines that seem inevitable when building a single-seat electric hypercar with a fan in the back. The finished product has proportions resembling a shrunk-down version of a front-engined prototype race car, like the Panoz LMP-1 or short-lived Nissan GT-R LM Nismo. Unlike those cars, its EV underpinnings mean that weight should be centralized and low.Customers looking for F1-like performance in a completely unique package can get their hands on a Spéirling Pure for $1.3 million, a relative bargain in the stratospherically expensive track-only hypercar space. That number includes taxes and shipping, but not the myriad of options inevitably available to anyone buying a seven-figure car these days.You Might Also LikeIf You Can Only Own One Car, Make It One of TheseThese Are the Most Popular Cars by State
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