McMurtry Spéirling Pure: Full Top Gear Test Track Review!

[@TopGear]

So....are you still taking the Porsche GT3 RS?

[@SKELFER911]

Definitely 911 ! GT3RS is real everyday track/street car. + for 2 people. McMurtry... insane bit of engineering but its "toy" for one use (track)

[@EliseMR2]

No

[@rkwjunior2298]

Yup

[@daniesalex7073]

What in the Motortrend is happening with you all

[@853massey]

Absolutely

[@Taylor___]

Clarkson once said 20 years ago then 20 years from now you should be able to buy a car that’s as fast as the Renault F1 car around the Top Gear track. He was bloody right.

[@nelsonclub7722]

He was wrong. This is faster.

[@CyanRooper]

Sometimes his genius is... it's almost frightening.

[@elQuestionare]

its still 11 seconds slower then the formula 1 record made in 2004 by Räikkönen in Hockenheim (1:13.780) vs Sperling 1:24.43 Laguna Seca the same. Marc Gene did a 1:05.78 in a 2003 Ferrari F1 vs. Sperling 1:18.413 And the 2004 cars where a good chunk faster then the 2003 cars. There is still a giant difference. Also the Sperling only can drive a couple laps and then needs to be recharged.

[@elQuestionare]

@@nelsonclub7722 its not. not even remotely close

[@adonislimes6156]

@@nelsonclub7722 this wouldn’t beat a R24 around a track especially if you put modern rubber on said F1 Still a wild fucking car by all objective measures

[@mkbhd]

I really really really want a street legal one

[@Sm00thieK]

There actually is a street legal version.

[@miladzadeh]

and i want apple to finally design a new phone and stop giving us the same junk every yr

[@1521joe]

these cars aint for mush mouths who graduated from watermelon university like you and me breh!! do what i do, stick to 17 year old beat up bmws purchased from 1 of the bruthas. for $400. peace!!

[@mountainlion2012]

dont we all?

Mate Black 😅

[@glypheye]

Hearing a grown adult who’s something of a seasoned pro with fast cars lose it in surprise, joy, thrills is absolutely priceless.

[@swankgy]

Yo😂

[@ttystikkrocks1042]

It's a car with the F-16 problem; its performance levels are higher than the pilot can tolerate, at least for any length of time. That's a remarkable, even outrageous thing to say about an automobile.

[@4literv6]

I thought the 918 hybrid porsche evo which set the green hell record also was driver limited in its lap? 🤔

[@timo7641]

@@4literv6 you mean 919 Hybrid Evo? cause 918 is very very different to 919

[@danamullins2723]

Nah, just 1 number​@@timo7641

[@Rezcuz]

Are you talking about the people who are going to buy them?

[@EleanorPeterson]

Naah. Neck brace and a G-suit. Sorted.

[@notoriousl.a.d2427]

I remember when this car came out,nobody seems to care about it,but after that Goodwood lap record, everything changed.

[@junkfoodeater]

Ofcourse, all new car manufacturers need to prove themselves before getting recognized

[@ehdbom]

I mean it’s not a road car so it’s immediately less interesting.

[@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights]

For each Spierling we have 10 Devel Sixteens

[@OneWheelMan]

@@ehdbom I believe they're planning on making a street legal version. I'm sure it won't be identical having to be street legal, but I'm sure it'll still be ridiculous by street car standards.

[@Aniket2712]

Goodwood? Nha I was interted when I heired it's a not a fan car but a vacuum car ... then got a fanboy mode when 1 year or so ago Carwow did a drag race in Silverstone doing 0-60 in 1.5s

[@salahdehina9733]

As a big EV hater, this is a dream car. What makes it so special is that it's a pioneer. A wake up call for every other car manufacturer out there. It's the McLaren F1 of our time. It offers a solution. The fan is OP, it's the best of both worlds, it gives you howevermuch downforce you want at any speed or even when going backwards, and takes nothing away from your top speed. It renders wings obsolete. Many have tried fans before but not very successfully and they get banned from motorsport every time, mainly because they kick up all the debris and throw it onto the car behind. Well the Speirling shows everybody how to make a fan car in a practical and safe manner. Literally broke the Laguna Seca Production car record by 6.3 seconds accidentally, with a non professional driver running Only 50% power and downforce. Nothing stands a chance. Nothing at all. Even beats Formula 1 cars at low to medium speed corners. Edit: And its beauty is the cherry on top.

[@j.s2k]

Perfectly said couldn’t have explained it any better

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Correct me if I am wrong but its not because fans kick up debris. F1 doesn't just limit fans they limit down-force across the board including with aerodynamics. The same is true in rally. The problem is relying on high levels of downforce in inherently dangerous. Down-force tends to fail catastrophically. A small reduction in down-force due to say hitting a bump wrong results not only in less control because you lose the down-force but it leads to further reduction in down-force as the car changes its orientation. You basically suddenly turn your car into an airplane. For a long time now F1 cars have been limited mostly by rule far below what is possible from the engineering. And not just cost cutting rules either. We keep building more and more powerful production cars but for a long time its all been kind of a fake show because the actual limiting factor is something the engineers tend to avoid due to safety constraints.

[@salahdehina9733]

@@peterisawesomeplease I'm not sure about F1 but a big reason as to why the Chaparral 2J got banned from Can-Am is that drivers complained that it was impossible to follow with how much debris it threw at them with its fans. And another reason stated by its designer, Jim Hall is that it was too fast for the time so crashing it was almost guaranteed to be deadly.

[@Exorcisms]

Ev hater. Lol this lil boy.

[@salahdehina9733]

@@Exorcisms I'm 18 now respect your elders

[@goforbroke2]

“This thing accelerates like a flicked pea” 😂

[@Minnevan]

😛 ✌️

[@toxicgracie3772]

​@@Minnevan put that tongue away you animal

[@toxicgracie3772]

​@@Minnevan Put that tongue away you filthy beast

[@8888shooter]

😱😱...damn, that's one quick pea!!!!!!..😱🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅

[@ReverendNaughty]

Dude, that's one of the funniest yet most descriptive phrases I've ever heard.

[@X-Kittle]

thats an actual track toy right there

[@BilobateDrip]

Yes... when you're alone 😂

[@tamto6328]

Yeah, must be SO much fun to not be able to extract all the performance because it's a one trick pony. I'll bet seeing an owner on actually is like seeing a unicorn 😅

[@OfficialFA]

Sounds like a scaled up RC racer..😅

[@kelvinomondi4337]

Its cute😍

[@paintballplayer700]

What’s great is that this thing would absolutely murder the Jesko Attack around a track, but because it’s so competent Ollie clearly had a lot more fun and a lot less terror driving it around.

[@hcwaffles8912]

Its such a shame the proper top gear trio arent getting their hands on cars like these

[@phoenixx5092]

It's an EV, Hammond would immediately crash it and catch fire, Clarkson would try to take it offroad, and the wheels would fall off, and May would complain about how rubbish it is pulling a caravan.

[@paulkelcz]

@@phoenixx5092clarkson wouldn’t be able to fit in it

[@nathancriswell9289]

200% When i saw that this had the Top Gear brand at the bottom I almost threw up. I have watched about 3 min of this, but I will not continue. I will not be watching the rest.

[@jamesrobert4106]

​@@nathancriswell9289It is an affront to the name.

[@edwargo]

They'd try and tow a caravan with it.

[@lalaeuro]

THIS is what a modern sports/race/track car should be about. Small, light, technical, and FAST!

[@problemchild1976]

Wait I thought it was all about the exhaust noise?

[@caboose9843]

@@problemchild1976 nah, its about cool noise

[@mirandahotspring4019]

A 21st century Lotus 7.

[@dnowbnow4034]

Yet quiet like a library? No Thanks.

[@davidg.250]

no wife🤣

[@ConnorHammond]

Overtaking the GT3RS around the corner like that is insane. Can't wait to see them get some track times down.

[@SteveHarrellRally]

It set the closed wheel record at Hockenheim at 1:24.4 For comparison a 992 GT3 RS laps the track in 1:44.4. 20 seconds a lap slower

[@dafe3106]

The university zürich built a fan-car for formula student that does 0-60 in 0.9. The only reason they didn't go faster afaik was concerns about the structural integrity of the chassis under the immense g forces during acceleration.

[@AkinaSpeedStarsAE86]

this is one of the few cars that communicates its speed through the video to us at home

[@theenigmaticman400]

Really?!? No credit to Jim Hall and the Chaparral 2J fan car 8 years before Murray’s?

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

Disqualified from mention because of the auto gearbox :D

[@cademckee7276]

Just like how Chaparal isn’t credited for a lot of things. First car with DRS and I believe the first car with unsprung aero. I also believe he was one of the first people to think of a front diffuser and moving the radiators to the sides of the car rather than the front.

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

@@cademckee7276 Nice profile picture choice

[@PGuess]

Also doesn't help how ugly the 2J was.

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

@@PGuess Meanwhile, 2D: _one of the best looking cars ever made_

[@TheMichaelBeck]

If they haven't taken it to Pike's Peak, for the love of the gods of racing, do it! I was stationed at Ft Carson in Colorado Springs back in the 80s when it was all gravel and no guardrails. Driving up it the first time was an amazing experience for an 18 year old kid born and raised in Tampa Florida. Great memories. If I could own any two cars I would want one of these and a Mustang GTD. Cheers from America!

[@EnpuSen]

the Spirling holds the record at pikes

[@speedy83]

​@@EnpuSen are you perhaps getting mixed up with Goodwood? I can't find anything online to suggest it's ran at Pike's Peak let alone won. Would it even have the range? Would definitely love to see it though

[@tonystark1180]

@@EnpuSen No, the VW idr holds the Pikes Peak record. The Speirling hasn't competed there....as yet.

[@Hatunrumioc]

How would a fan car go on gravel?

[@tonystark1180]

@@Hatunrumioc Pikes Peak has been fully paved for many years now. There's no gravel anymore.

[@Mr.Morden]

0-60 in 1.38 sec, that must feel amazing.

[@MrLacomaco]

many rollercoasters can do it. just try it..... :D

[@NotExpatJoe]

@@MrLacomaco Many, or 7? Stealth - Thorpe Park Maxx Force - Six Flags Formula Rossa - Ferrari World Kingda Ka - Six Flags Great Adventure Storm Runner - Hershey Park Xcelerator - Knott's Berry Farm Zaturn - Space World

[@pillred5974]

Not quite how I would put it lol.

[@danielvandersall6756]

Like any G-Loading it's perfectly fine for a few seconds. Sustain it beyond that, and the pain begins. Or worse, the possibility of losing consciousness.

[@e2rqey]

it got to 100MPH before the GT3 got to 60MPH

[@ElCeceh]

"Yeah but you know, EVs are just appliances..." McMurtry: "Hold my vacuum cleaner".

[@festo8885]

Vacuum cleaner​@@Matriarchy_Feminism

[@dc6521]

a gas powered fan car of the same size would be much lighter and therefore could be even faster.

[@user-jk9zr3sc5h]

@@dc6521 it spanked the GT3 dude, lol. No, it'll absolutely dust a gasoline powered fan car as well. EV no fan vs GT3 no fan = EV wins. EV with fan vs GT3 with fan = EV wins. Simple formula. EV > ICE.

[@dc6521]

@@user-jk9zr3sc5h If you learned to read, I was implying a mcmurtry with a gas engine, not a gt3 with a gas engine, which would be far lighter. 1000 kg is heavier than 500-600 kg a gas powered one would be. Elon isn't going to retweet you, give the electric ca- oh sorry "vehicle" glazing a rest.

[@user-jk9zr3sc5h]

@@dc6521 so a car that wasn’t a McMurtry that had the same power as a McMurtry but was lighter than McMurtry would be faster than a McMurtry? Yes that’s basic physics. You forgot one thing. ICE isn’t as powerful as EV.

[@russell32579]

Ive never heard so much joy driving a car! Thank you !!!!

[@Route59]

That cockpit view reminds me of fighter jets. Stunning!

[@trevorberridge6079]

Did I miss something or did they NOT do a lap time? Surely, that would have been a no-brainer. A McMurtry time on the Top Gear track?

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

@@trevorberridge6079 Bit painful innit.

[@ordguy]

GMA T.50s fans work differently though... It does not create static downforce.. i.e does not create any downforce while the car is still. It has a diffuser that has an extremely steep angle. The high angle will normally make the air flow under the car separate from the diffuser making the diffuser ineffective in producing any downforce. The fans suck out the boundary layer along the steep diverging part of the diffuser preventing air flow from separating and significantly increasing the downforce. The power consumption is also minimal since the fan is not sucking the car to the ground rather just keeping the air flow attached to the diffuser.

[@nickwalters5380]

As an engineer I approve of this comment. Please keep the McMurtry as a track car, too dangerous for normal people and roads.

[@johnbujalski8602]

The other cool part about T50 is because the boundary layer is removed from the defuser angle you actually move the center of gravity towards the middle of the car and is able to be more consistent in windy conditions. Fan cars are neat!

[@Lionsraws66]

So, in simple terms.The fan on the t50 stops the rear diffuser from stalling due to its design and does not generate downforce just suction. 😄

[@rdablock]

​@@nickwalters5380I think the McMurtry is extremely safe because of the tons of excess grip (literally). If someone wants to go way over the speed limit that's their problem

[@donkeywhistler]

incredible.

[@KrystoferWidawski]

Hands down the most interesting car video I’ve seen to date. And I’m a HUGE fan of Porsche. The tech in this car is insanely amazing!!

[@Sammy-lw1ns]

The way it drives around the GT3rs is ludicrous 😂

[@poppys33d]

Absolutely the future of car tech. Astonishing.

[@problemchild1976]

And people are still saying EVs are shit

[@DjNikGnashers]

@@problemchild1976 And they are correct. Speed isn't the be-all-and-end-all.

[@ZesPak]

@@DjNikGnashers Nope, they are wrong. Sincerely, someone who owns both.

[@DjNikGnashers]

@@ZesPak Nope they are correct. It doesn't matter how many cars you have, I guarantee you don't have the car in this video, you know, the one we are actually discussing. Driving pleasure is not just about outright speed. It's about the feeling of a car moving around on it's limit, usually through corners, and as a 55 year old, who has owned over 40 cars of all types, the ones which gave me the most pleasure were not the fastest or most powerful, they were simply the most fun to drive.

[@daynevickers1079]

When you can literally bitch slap a GT3 RS as you pass it, you know you're onto something.

[@Strange-Viking]

its why he original fan assisted chaparral got illegalized it didnt win against porsche 50y ago bcos it needed perfection, wasnt reliable and broke down about every match/ porsche won then. But if it would have stayed in the game then porsche would have lost then, like it did now

[@DjNikGnashers]

I'd still rather have a GT3 RS.

[@russthepotato7813]

The battery lasts 25 mins on full power.... I'll take a GT3 thanks...

[@Martin-xh1hd]

@@russthepotato7813 so? you wont even last 25 minutes

[@teklife]

shit, mcmurtry is missing an opportunity here if they don't develop a race series around this single car. maybe a spec series where teams are allowed to make modifications to improve the design. the sound, speed, and handling would be phenomenal!

[@peterisawesomeplease]

They can't do it for the same reason F1 is so limited. Super high downforce cars are too dangerous to drivers. But this car just by existing is jabbing F1. It makes what has been true for awhile more obvious. Racing has been safety not engineering limited for a long time. And at that point if you care about the racing itself you might as well have everyone in the same car but that kills sponserships. And if you care about engineering you might as well take the people out the car but again that ruins the appeal.

[@myownsite]

@@peterisawesomeplease You make it sound like that engineering around F1's rules is trivial - it isn't. At all - that's why the teams have such differently performing cars.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@myownsite Its not trivial to maximize performance with the given rules. You are right that is extremely difficult. But if you are allowed to break the rules(as this car does) it is quite easy to build a car faster than an F1 car.

[@brandonbrenchley4399]

That ariel shot looking down at the gt3rs and the mcmurtry is just crazy how small it is

[@andrewg7576]

It's basically a motorized coffin. Absolutely tiny and adorable in person.

[@karl-heinzepchen1280]

Putting the wheels of a 24 h of Le Mans racer on a go-kart. Topping it with a jet fighter cockpit. Than ad an electric motor. Ready! Does anybody remember the Opel Rak 2 from 1928? Maybe this one here is its great grandson, conceptually?

[@c-w-h]

It confirmed my thought. They probably began teating everything as a giant RC car.😂

[@JustMeBlindFreddy]

"AERIAL" unless you are playing on words

[@jwleong95]

Glad to see it finally on TopGear! Well done to the team at Swinhay :)

[@emretelli6427]

I would really like to see a race between a Rimac and a Spérling!

[@marktickle8480]

The Sperling would disappear after the first corner.

[@AlphaEngineer2022]

Ive sat in this thing when I was at McMurtry, this car Is a beast, the fans that pull this car to the ground were on test the day I was there and I honestly thought a jet was about to take off! fun fact, the owner of McMurtry is the owner of renishaw, yes the multi million company that makes probes for CNC machines :-) hats off to all the guys there, they've built an amazing car!

[@lotuselise4432]

You must be 5'4" and weigh 60kgs ;o)))

[@AlphaEngineer2022]

@@lotuselise4432 what makes you say that?

[@nj1255]

0-60mph in 1.38s is absolutely bonkers. It also accelerated faster from 60-100mph than it did from 0-60mph! I would definitely watch a racing series of these cars. It would preferably not be a spec series though, since it would be interesting to see how far this concept of tiny low-drag high downforce super quick accelerating electric fan cars could go. The question is if there would be any humans capable of driving them within a couple of seasons of evolution.

[@GothamClive]

The acceleration numbers are wrong. It says the car needs 5.48 seconds to reach 150 mph but when doing the quarter mile it reaches 148 mph after 8.18 seconds. One of these numbers has to be wrong, or does it slow down after reaching 150?

[@brandondimmitt8467]

That’s insane first car u can actually see how fast it is in corners usually they look slow this looks insane!

[@pututski6968]

That is an actual Jet holy smokes. Tesla keeps saying they will make a super duper fast roadster, yet this exists now today and is 1000000x cooler than it.

[@Secretlyanothername]

So much better than Elon's fake car

[@BenjaminWinrow]

@@Secretlyanothername lets see if this ages well.

[@ObeseChess]

@@BenjaminWinrowit will.

[@beanapprentice1687]

@@BenjaminWinrow just leaving my comment here for the future

[@larryc1616]

4680 Roadster = Drag and Track KING KONG ⚡️ 🇺🇲

[@chiemekaa]

Ollie's laugh at the drag race....pure villain.

[@_unqfficial_jim4844]

Hahahaha too real

[@deepakdongre7712]

What a review. The driving was a rock show- the commentary was pure poetry.

[@tomraymond9795]

"Hold on, I'm coming! This is amazing! Such a wild ride!" 😮😂

[@evetsiksatu]

That blue/gray/green color!! So gorgeous.

[@gray7890]

I want that color on like a f40, 63 vette, 812 superfast, 05 gt40, lfa.. Just basically any of my dream cars. An e type in that would turn heads

[@yambo59]

lets not forget one of the very first to use downforce fans in the sixties, the Chapparal

[@AngelLopez-hc2df]

Green hell. Can't wait to see it at the ring. Is it a 6-minute car at the ring.

[@analogikkortex]

Comment needs to be higher

[@anssileinonen3522]

Mclaren P1 is a 6-minute car at the ring. This, is it a 5-minute car? I think easily if the battery lasts at full steam..

[@jayjones4394]

​@@anssileinonen3522and if the driver can keep blood in their brain. It's likely extremely hard for a driver to be mashed on that hard for that long.

[@simontist]

@@jayjones4394 F1 is the benchmark I guess.

[@darkertheshadow]

Top speed of 148mph at the moment… I know it can go round corners like it’s on rails but that will have a big impact on the time.

[@benwhite8503]

The absolute pinnacle of modern engineering levels!

[@JNAMOTORSPORTS]

EV pile of crap

[@mrkeopele]

were moving better now, not propelled by fire any longer

[@ShaneOMalle]

Taking that to the local drag week would be a blast.

[@daynevickers1079]

If there was ever a car worthy of the term 'Insanely fast'', this is it, in every metric. Well done, McMurtry.

[@edwardgoldthorpe8260]

Lol at the intro. They know their audience, anyone watching this video knows immediately what this is, and that they are in for a treat!

[@makal4966]

Speirling is absolutely insane and cool. The fan spund makes it's even more special. But a GT3RS is still my absolute favorite, the looks, the sound it's like an eargasm.

[@SmallBlogV8]

If I were in a position to buy a Spéirling, I wouldn't want them to stretch it out and weigh it down for the street. I'd want this exact Pure version as a track-only car where one can actually use the maddest extremities of its performance. I hope they offer that too, just in case I win the lottery...

[@HirYoshima]

You need space for the family and groceries, man...

[@TheSummoningDark]

In that shot as the camera zoomed in and the guy on the radio counted down I feel the car should’ve just gone on go, demonstrating conclusively that one second the McMurtry is where you think it is and the next is suddenly somewhere else, very very far away.

[@eamonshields2754]

Absolutely Incredible Machine, Well Done Guys

[@haniali493]

I’m loving the little Batmobile

[@indigomizumi]

To me it looks like a miniature Panoz GTR-1.

[@ultimatist]

That drag race was comical. Looks like a CGI beatdown!

[@monkeyboy7981]

It does appear unnatural and makes my brain think its watching CGI or small radio controlled cars.

[@andypatch1861]

Porsche was so trounced, it might as well as been an 82 Morris Ital 1.7SLX.

[@eamonshields2754]

This is going on my Christmas LIst this year

[@08mlascelles]

This is the only electric car that's excited me about the future of EVs. Totally bonkers, and mechanically fascinating!

[@jinx20001]

That would be like being back in 1992 and saying the mclaren F1 is the only petrol car to get you excited about the future of petrol cars... 30 years later 90 percent of drivers on the road are still driving around in 10 second to 60 ford focus's... The truly exciting thing about EV's, as much as they are washing machines on wheels is just how quickly they are advancing and the technology is being passed on to the average consumer real fast, i think we have a lot more to get excited about with EV's than we ever did with petrol/diesel, mclaren F1 performance is still a pipe dream in the combustion world, almost nobody has anything close even 30 years later but you can walk into a showroom and drive out with a stupidly rapid EV for the price of a focus.

[@TheChiraagG]

@@jinx20001 phew, at least my "boring old Mondeo" does 60 in 7.3... The sound of the I5 2.5T is tame in default exhaust form, but I still do like the sound of a combustion engine. I'll keep it until it dies (physically or is not economically feasible), because I don't drive that much (some evenings and weekends), but I think if I drove more, even as a utility vehicle for commutes or otherwise, I'd end up going electric. That said, as long as my car usage stays at current levels I'd probably opt for something petrol again to replace the Mondeo. The shame is most newer cars that are large enough for me to consider practical are either all SUVs or automatic. Yes, modern auto boxes are better than my 40+ year old reaction times etc, but I still prefer the engagement of a manual (part of the reason for going Mk 4 Mondeo over Mk 4.5). There's not many practical EVs that aren't also SUVs out there that tempt me, but recommendations welcomed.

[@JJdaSamuRai]

@@jinx20001 Well said people don't seem to understand we need to start somewhere and I praise Tesla for everything they've done to start the revolution!

[@stevestogsdill5791]

Hopefully some F1 team will do a promo pitting their race car against this thing. I remember watching it launch at Goodwood and thinking the someone was fast-forwarding the video. It's so cartoonishly fast!

[@stevesamuel263]

It would be no contest. F1 cars are extremely well engineered... to a certain spec. The Speirling says LOL, what rules, and just shoved a massive fan in the back. It is cheating in the best way possible.

[@michaelmkhonza1258]

It's Red Bull

[@stevestogsdill5791]

@@michaelmkhonza1258 Not this season

[@Sm00thieK]

Never thought I would say something like this but It will be unfair to the F1 car to face the Speirling.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@@Sm00thieK Yeah, not only because the F1 car would massively outperform the thing, but also because the F1 car could run for hours, while this joke of a dustbuster can only run for a matter of minutes.

[@johnradebaugh-ss3xy]

Wow ! I can imagine the experience by how well you described what was happening and by watching you go around. Wild ! It's like experiencing what the car on one of those childhood electric race tracks does ( the kind that have the track with the groove in the middle and the car has the apparatus that fits into the groove)!!! Awesome !

[@EleanorPeterson]

Hammond could not only spin it; he could flip it onto its roof from a standing start. With flames.🔥👀

[@danamullins2723]

Remember people....any car that can't drive over a speed bump isn't allowed to hold an official time on the Top Gear Test Track....that's been the rule since the start to keep these purpose-built race cars from stealing the top spots on the track.

[@Xenon0000000000001]

Just put the fans in reverse and it'll fly over the speed bump. 😂

[@donhappel9566]

That's the thing - it's an amazing piece of machinery and as a science experiment it's unrivaled. But as a "car" it's....not. idk if it will be street legal in some countries but certainly not in the US (OK, the US isn't the world but it is sorta important on the global automotive stage). But even if it is made legal, could you actually drive it on the street? Not really. I mean, you need somebody else to put the canopy together around you. And how effective would the vacuum be over the dirty and irregular real world roads? And then there's the elephant in the room - how long can it run at that pace given a 100 kw battery? 30 minutes? OK for a track day session but you wouldn't even get a full day's lapping out of it. Again, it's amazing but I have a hard time getting excited about it. An F1 car is amazing as well, but it has little relevance to a road car. Even the track-day specials like the Porsche shown here are still road vehicles at heart. This just feels like a science experiment. So yeah, there's a good reason it doesn't get an official time.

[@custardavenger]

Not to mention the recomendation of having someone to help you to get in to it, which i suspect is actually a necessity.

[@MBroz]

"This thing accelerates like a flicked pea!" 🤣🤣 One of the greatest analogies I've ever heard!

[@KTMGREG55]

I’ve felt that acceleration and Gs off the line in my uncles drag car . 1.18 60ft times and a low 7.14 at 186 mph . Cornering would be absolutely insane in that car 😧👌

[@alfamonk]

that gen2 car looks fantastic - awesome design work. And 2.6 to 100mph is insane

[@franciscoop1063]

If James Dyson ever built a Sports Car...🤣

[@DanRC69]

If Warwick Davis was Batman, he'd drive this.

[@tikewhite1044]

A little trivia for you. what was the name of Warwick's character in the movie "RAY"? ♠️THE VANITY ADDICT♠️

[@mm6705]

wow, hits 150mph with seconds left in the quarter mile. That car is a mid 7 second quarter mile car if it wasn't limited

[@Nayr747]

The quarter mile time makes no sense given the 0-150 time.

[@Matriarchy_Feminism]

On proper dragstrip, it can easily the get 7sec

[@Nayr747]

@@Matriarchy_Feminism My bet would be in the 6s

[@benwu7980]

Would have liked them to have shown the more production version, think they'll do 188mph. I guess it's a wait till everything is finalized.

[@deanchur]

Matt Watson got a sub-8 on the straight at Silverstone (I think the engineers de-restricted it? Can't remember).

[@sweeptheleg.]

Gotta love British engineering. Second to none. 🇬🇧

[@danijelvidos523]

Nice, several days after Jesko test. Jesko probably feels like a family minivan compared to this 😂

[@Shankarananda86]

Such a great video. The excitement is palpable ...

[@jay42678]

Top Gear has just gone downhill, what is the point of describing the car with a scramble of words and not giving it to stig to get hotlaps in different modes. Just a single proper drag race in a 14 minute video, rest is just blabber.

[@BackeB]

Nope the track is completely flat, no downhills or slopes. The car is that fast

[@DITKoreates]

I started the video at 1.25x on accident and when I put it back to normal speed I was still surprised at how fast he was driving through curves and corners. Unreal.

[@Trumppower]

It's like a big high performance RC Car.

[@MarkMorris-y6n]

That's what is. Exactly.

[@rob61091]

The way it moved really made it look like an rc car

[@JustMeBlindFreddy]

and driving on that huge runway made it look like one

[@spencerbair1137]

Man, I love mcmurtry! They're really doing the craziest stuff!

[@STAG162]

never have I seen anything leave the hammerhead that quickly.

[@erwickdsouza]

The quad headlights and brake lights are an understated design masterclass.

[@eliotmansfield]

no cup holders - I’m out 😂

[@lorddoobsworth144]

if it doesn't have a cup holder that my super size diet coke fits in it's not a real car!

[@jamesengland7461]

Cupholder? The acceleration will empty your cup into your face!

[@RubenFMarin]

@@jamesengland7461😂😂😂

[@dubya2621]

literally jaw dropping speed, oh my goodness

[@eternalcustomchannel]

Ok but hear me out...the sound of that GT3RS as it whimpered it's way to the finish line in last place was still one of the best parts of this video

[@atw196]

At this point the company Mcmurtry should just create a racing series for their car ,2000kg of downforce ,that could surpass f1 speeds

[@ross-carlson]

Yeah, but then they'd have to focus on safety a LOT more since the lieklyhood of crashes is MUCH higher. But it would be fun to see. I wanna see this in the hands of a modern F1 driver and hear their thoughts.

[@dr80008]

Never gonna happen. Downforce is the #1 enemy of entertaining racing.

[@conor7154]

@@dr80008why I can’t watch F1, that and way too many rules and they all look the same. At least WEC has some variation. Bring back “build whatever you want, best team wins”

[@peroplaninic2220]

​@@dr80008 Not in this case. Usually downforce is created by conventional aerodynamic elements that are highly dependent on the total air pressure value and lack of turbulence. This is the reason why in cornering, where the cars are grip-limited, lack of downforce and changing aero pressure due to the turbulent air significantly slows down the trailing car. For this car, downforce is created by sucking out the air beneath the car (like a reverse hovercraft), so the trailing car would have the slipstream advantage in reduced drag but also similar downforce figures to the leading car, which would encourage more overtaking in the corners.

[@TheImperfectGuy]

how long does this thing last full send? surely it can't be much longer than the average rally stage, let alone full GP race distance

[@jimhewitt1273]

Don't forget the first fan car. The great Jim Hall and the chaparral 2J in 1970. I think it was the first fan car.

[@Strange-Viking]

yeah seeing this car though you can see why they made the 1st one illegal, it would have broken everything else. Now the porsche won then, now its the other way around so karmaslap that one real hard

[@Swishers21]

that 2nd gen one is absolutely gorgeous what a monster of engineering and technology

[@ampersand954]

Great fan service!

[@davidwoodhead7109]

So what was the lap time? Fantastic car!!!

[@LiveFreeOrRIP]

About 20 years ago I was fooling around with a 6s 24v Brushless Lipo powered RC car that was 4wd and it was so fast it would pop wheelies instantly. An 1/8th scale buggy RC is around 10 11lbs its a Big RC and for it to have enough power to go from 0 to 70mph in just 2-3 seconds is just INSANE. And this was a car you buy and NOT have to mess with. I have been asked 100s of times Do you have the Gas ones they are so much faster. I always replied No i just have the slower electric ones. They had No idea that the Brushless cars have INSANE power. My thought was ALWAYS this technology will find its way to LOTS of things. And it took 20 years but here we are. This car is just a full sized Brushless RC AWD Car..... And im sure its been tuned down so you dont pass out from how fast it can really go.

[@ColonelJohnmatrix1000]

It’s not a hypercar. It’s a track car. It does not comply with any racing series regulations. Nothing about it can be driven on the road. To make a road car is harder.

[@2lotusman851]

Yep, couldn't even drive it to the 7-11. But an interesting car for perfectly smooth race tracks.

[@RagicaltheUnhallowedKnight]

A track car perhaps for only a few laps though, with its batteries screaming all the way😁I'm wondering if it can do a full lap on the Green Hell

[@ColonelJohnmatrix1000]

@@RagicaltheUnhallowedKnight maybe or only one, certainly not two laps. It’s very limited. It looks more like an experiment than a real track car proposition.

[@RagicaltheUnhallowedKnight]

@@ColonelJohnmatrix1000 next thing we have to wonder if it's able to endure an entire lap... Can the pilot keep up with it on that car and racer breaking track for an entire lap at full send

[@harryschofield6822]

What an absolute monster

[@blazzingsaddles]

10:47 Some F1 car straight line acceleration times for comparison(give a tenth or 2): 0-60 mph 2.00 secs/ 0-125 mph 5.00 secs. This car is quick, would love to see it on a wet track with all that suction!

[@TheMadmax0609]

Cars like this are going to shatter the Nurburgring record.

[@Davivd2]

If they're allowed to. There are a lot of politics involved in gate keeping those records. Konegsegg built a car that would shatter the track record and had his car denied from 4 different tracks. Those track records are major selling points for super cars, and the big boys of the business don't like to compete on a fair playing field.

[@TheMadmax0609]

@@Davivd2 I believe it, but they're going to have to let that car around the track eventually.

[@lorddoobsworth144]

would a car thats so heavily reliant on ground effect to go fast actually work safely on a bumpy track like the Nord' 🤔

[@TheMadmax0609]

@@lorddoobsworth144 I think It would.. besides, the sheer acceleration and the way it handles corners would more than make up for the bumps along the way.

[@harryspeakup8452]

@@TheMadmax0609 WHo do you think is going to make them? Money talks

[@deividas_kimontas]

What a little beast! 😮🔥 This car is so impressive!

[@NickVolcom]

Pike's Peak Hill Climb?!!!

[@johnb2044]

wish they would go do it sooner than later

[@MuchoBoosto7]

Surface is far too rough, especially in the upper sections

[@samuelgarrod8327]

​@@MuchoBoosto7But not too bumpy for bikes? Seems odd.

[@MuchoBoosto7]

@@samuelgarrod8327 bikes don’t need a (relatively) airtight seal with the road in order for their primary performance advantage to work. Besides, bikes have been banned for years now

[@JDMEXforme]

The A pillars are huge. The driver for this car at the Goodwood definitely had tons of hours behind the wheel.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Seriously, and if you're designing an electric car from scratch, why destroy visibility by designing it like it has an 8 liter V10 up front? They had complete design freedom, yet they chose the worst possible arrangement for visibility.

[@TheG60528XiJinPing]

Crash structure bud

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@@TheG60528XiJinPing Well designed race cars don't have ridiculous pillars in the field of view, yet they also have excellent crash performance.

[@jakeringer3153]

From the driver's POV those thick pillars are reasonably far back.

[@noadolic9653]

@@PistonAvatarGuy Lol have you seen LMP1 car A pillars? These are wimpy compared to those...

[@mikesuch9021]

Since the 70s Cars are getting closer all the time to the term. Turns like a SLOT CAR. A G-Gadge reading would be interesting.

[@ComplexConcept]

I wish someone could make this with around 450hp, none of the fans or thrust, and sell it for around 60k.

[@PhuLa]

Um doesn't that exist already? The whole point of this car is the downforce and thrust 😅

[@kentonian]

Praga

[@jamescruz8678]

tbh it wouldn't be a Speirling anymore, but I guess if you wanted the looks and driver position I can kinda get it

[@jamescruz8678]

​@@kentonianthis

[@ComplexConcept]

@@kentonian the praga r1 is $160k, but probably the closest thing right now. I was thinking something like the old caterhams people built.

[@frankochino1353]

Feels like flexing your new toy as a kid...except...

[@innovationdeluxe7515]

What an incredible piece of engineering. Looks great in the clue as well

[@vikrant__6337]

So you are saying this thing can actually fly if turned upside down?

[@HasanMishima]

it would probably get stuck to the ceiling, yes its got 3g of down force and the thing only weighs a ton. I think this idea came from those super fast nano bots from japan, they all have that suction fan because of the sudden directional changes. oh yeah i found out the name of those japanese bots: Micromouse

[@v0ldy54]

No, it generates aerodynamic load because of the pressure differential over the whole body of the car, the moment you turn it upside down the lift goes away.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

​@@HasanMishimag is a measure of acceleration not force.

[@andysteggals2745]

Amazing machine but the presentation is like watching Blue Peter!

[@stp9237]

Top gear will never be the same

[@e2rqey]

This should be the template for a new generation of F1 cars. Wouldn't have anywhere near the same kind of issues with dirty air, and the cars would also be substantially smaller, meaning overtaking could happen in a lot more places. More room for racing in general.

[@TheHaggisBasher]

7:04 .... say what now?

[@hbracerx]

I can't imagine having 3 g's available at any speed, in any corner...just mind blowing. Add in record setting acceleration and you've got smiles for miles. I can't imagine driving one.

[@dontdiecurious]

Such annoying commentary inside the car. Just an old dude screaming. The outside narrator should be standard

[@evangreen7562]

EVs are lame I don’t care what anyone says.,… super lame

[@nickwinn]

I thought the same until rebuilding an audi engine... EV's are much simpler and easier to work on.

[@evangreen7562]

@@nickwinn like a timex VS a rolex

[@DjNikGnashers]

This is like the comparison between digital audio files, and a vinyl LP. No matter how much 'better' the newer format is, people will still prefer vinyl.

[@bigbird2451]

Grip is dull? Grip is everything! Grip is driving! My first and favorite car was a '91 VW Fox wagon with a track ready suspension and brakes and a bone stock engine. I never got dropped going uphill. And I could match any Porsche going downhill. Controlled understeer and grip, grip, grip for the win.

[@aaroneye86]

Wow. That's one of the coolest things ever