McMurtry Speirling
McMurtry Speirling has created multiple headlines, earning fame as the electric race car known for smashing records. Now, the list of records in the electric car's name is getting longer. The latest addition to the list is the title of becoming the first electric hypercar capable of driving upside down. The act that seems to have been taken straight out of a sci-fi novel was performed by the car at the company's Gloucestershire headquarters with independent adjudicators as witnesses.
The single-seater electric car with its roots in the UK is also the first car to drive upside down from a standstill. The feat has been accomplished by using a tech that the brand is calling the Downforce-on-Demand fan system. This is used to create a vacuum under the car, providing it with 2000 kg of downforce even when the car is stationary. This is double the weight of the 1,000 kg car.
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To do so, the car uses two powerful fans, which, apart from giving it the appearance of a fighter jet, have multiple functional uses. This, as mentioned above, is used for providing improved grip to the machine, which results in a better performance on track.
The vehicle featured a distinctive gloss black 'falcon camouflage' layered over a matte black foundation - a tribute to McMurtry's inaugural fan car from 2021. The falcon motif is a reference to the peregrine falcon in the brand's emblem. The designs positioned beneath the rear wing are specifically tailored for visibility when inverted.
The exact car used for the demonstration is a Speirling PURE Validation Prototype 1 (VP1), which previews a 2026 customer car. It uses a 100 kWh battery pack, which provides enough charge for 20 minutes of racing at high speed.
The single-seater electric car with its roots in the UK is also the first car to drive upside down from a standstill. The feat has been accomplished by using a tech that the brand is calling the Downforce-on-Demand fan system. This is used to create a vacuum under the car, providing it with 2000 kg of downforce even when the car is stationary. This is double the weight of the 1,000 kg car.
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To do so, the car uses two powerful fans, which, apart from giving it the appearance of a fighter jet, have multiple functional uses. This, as mentioned above, is used for providing improved grip to the machine, which results in a better performance on track.
The vehicle featured a distinctive gloss black 'falcon camouflage' layered over a matte black foundation - a tribute to McMurtry's inaugural fan car from 2021. The falcon motif is a reference to the peregrine falcon in the brand's emblem. The designs positioned beneath the rear wing are specifically tailored for visibility when inverted.
The exact car used for the demonstration is a Speirling PURE Validation Prototype 1 (VP1), which previews a 2026 customer car. It uses a 100 kWh battery pack, which provides enough charge for 20 minutes of racing at high speed.
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