McMurtry Automotive just took things to a new level, literally upside down. At their Gloucestershire headquarters, the British electric hypercar maker made headlines by driving the Spéirling upside down using its patented Downforce-on-Demand™ system. On a purpose-built rotating rig, the fan-powered system created enough suction to “stick” the car to the ceiling as it drove while fully inverted. Behind the wheel was McMurtry’s own Thomas Yates, showing the world just how far performance has come. While race car fans have debated the theory for years, this is the first time any car has actually pulled it off, and it didn’t even need speed to do it.
This isn’t the Spéirling’s first brush with hypercar history. On the same day as the upside-down stunt, it also shattered the Top Gear Test Track record by 3.1 seconds, dethroning a 2004 Renault R24 F1 car. Add that to its Goodwood Hillclimb and Laguna Seca Corkscrew records, and you’ve got a car that’s rewriting what’s possible for battery-powered performance. The car shown was the Spéirling PURE VP1 prototype, decked out in a stealthy falcon-themed livery inspired by the company’s logo.
Only 100 of these will be made, with first deliveries expected in 2026. Built to LMP1 safety standards and powered by a 100kWh battery pack using Molicel cells, the final production Spéirling will deliver 20 minutes of record-breaking laps at GT3 speeds. But for now, McMurtry just proved that the impossible isn’t so far-fetched.
Source: McMurtry Automotive
