First customer McMurtry Spéirling imminent
New factory coming on stream, plus McMurtry Technology announced, as Spéirling goes from strength to strength
When even the supercars of the world start to seem a bit samey, the McMurtry Spéirling really was a breath of fresh air. Rather more than just a breath, in fact, as its incredible electric powertrain and advanced aerodynamics have seen it whoosh and scurry to record times around the world. Now it’s almost time for actual customers to experience McMurtry’s phenomenal achievement for themselves, 10 years after the company was formed by the late Sir David McMurtry, as first deliveries of the million-pound Spéirling are due this summer.
McMurtry will deliver these cars from its new factory, a 2700-square-metre facility in Wooton under Edge. With thousands of test miles completed in the single seater, production is set to commence imminently. Additional McMurtry models have already been mooted, too, thanks to the expansion. The new plant will exist alongside the existing (but also to be extended) McMurtry Automotive space at Swinhay House, which will now be home to a new offshoot called McMurtry Technology.
With 22 patents already secured in the development of the Spéirling, and seven-figure revenues for its work with OEMs, McMurtry has decided to make its external work better known. MT’s services will focus on all the areas in which the Spéirling excels, and which will surely only become more relevant: Downforce on Demand, Performance Battery Technology, Electric Powertrains, Vehicle Lightweighting and Vehicle Software. So even without an official McMurtry badge, its expertise only looks set to become more influential.
Thomas Yates, MD and Co-Founder of McMurtry Automotive, said: “Our tenth anniversary is a pivotal milestone. Every day since our inception in 2016, has been exciting and challenging, but mainly exciting. We are carving out a new category for extremely engaging electric track vehicles. This has required inventing new technology, plus building a team and facility to realise the dreams of our customers from around the world. We are really proud we are contributing to the advancement of the industry in a small way and are attracting work from other OEMs to be able to widen the impact of our work via our Technology division too. We cannot wait for the customer cars to be spotted at race tracks around the world.” There’ll be no missing a Spéirling, that’s for sure - whatever else is lapping (nowhere near as fast) at the same time…
And charging time
It's 800v so the charging speed should probably be pretty decent. I guess a car with such a low frontal area should give decent efficiency if you're not running the fan flat out, too.
Proper ground effect is a rare thing to experience. Same for central driving position. As for the size, that's very different too.
I'd bloody love one at running half the power and no fan (with more suspension compliance) to have as a commuter...
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