Thursday 16 July 2026 4:05 pm
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Two futuristic track hypercars await action on a scenic desert racing circuit.
The McMurtry Spéirling Pure made its public debut at Goodwood this month. With fan-powered downforce and a record-breaking acceleration claim, the British-built track car offers a glimpse of where extreme performance is heading.The ultimate measure of a performance car used to be simple enough. First it was engine size, then horsepower, then lap times. The newest battleground is acceleration and the ability to wring apparently physics-defying performance out of electric power, and few cars illustrate that shift more starkly than the McMurtry Spéirling Pure.McMurtry revealed the production version at the start of July and gave it a public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend of 9 to 12 July, the same hillclimb where the prototype first made its name. It is a British-built electric hyper track car costing £995,000 before local taxes and options, and McMurtry claims it will cover 0-60mph in 1.55 seconds, which would make it the fastest-accelerating production car yet built. The figure is not independently verified and it uses the one-foot rollout common to drag racing, but even allowing for that it sits well clear of rivals such as the Rimac Nevera, which claims 1.74 seconds.The headline number is not really the point, though. The Spéirling reflects a broader change in how the wealthiest enthusiasts spend their money, moving away from traditional status symbols and towards highly engineered experiences. This is not a car for commuting or weekend drives. It is not even road legal. It is built around a single idea, which is getting a private owner as close as possible to the sensations of professional motorsport.
