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)

[@MR-Trabi1963]

No

[@rkwjunior2298]

Yup

[@daniesalex7073]

What in the Motortrend is happening with you all

[@853massey]

Absolutely

[@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 😅

[@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 R24 around a track especially if you put modern rubber on said F1 Still a wild fucking car by all objective measures

[@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.

[@AshaGeraldine]

never have I seen anything leave the hammerhead that quickly.

[@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

[@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

[@chiemekaa]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@jwleong95]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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. 😂

[@theenigmaticman400]

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

[@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

[@davel101]

Top Gear, with BBC News being so depressing, please do as the show once did and celebrate British Engineering.

[@frankochino1353]

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

[@X-Kittle]

if this is how fast and nimble we can go in 2024 imagine the future track cars .... its mind blowing

[@timo7641]

need anti G suit like pilots do

[@NickVolcom]

Pike's Peak Hill Climb?!!!

[@goober-ll1wx]

When the fan fails while you're going round a corner and really need it you'll be fked, what a widow maker of a car....

[@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

[@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

[@haniali493]

I’m loving the little Batmobile

[@AkinaSpeedStarsAE86]

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

[@spencerbair1137]

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

[@DanRC69]

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

[@EgotheLivingPlanet]

7:03 the fact that Ollie lost his cool over the car shows just how impressive it must be

[@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!

[@andysteggals2745]

Amazing machine but the presentation is like watching Blue Peter!

[@ElCeceh]

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

[@Kaizer17]

“The view out is bright and expansive”… Carefully not mentioning the massive A-pillar.

[@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

[@quasarleon4645]

Who would have thought a car with a name that sounds like one of Steve Urkel's Cousins, would be one of the fastest ever ?! 😅

[@danijelvidos523]

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

[@creativeearthian1702]

BY FAR the greatest vehicle ever made. Also, looks absolutely perfect

[@harryschofield6822]

What an absolute monster

[@peteribardo6971]

I wish we could have the Stig do a lap with this car

[@Future-Classic-Comics]

That's one fast little Ice Cream.

[@drewgriffing7447]

It’s wild to hear someone who has reviewed hundreds of cars seem genuinely in shock and overjoyed by a cars performance!

[@racingsfun]

This performs almost as well as a Subaru STI according to the subaru guys vaping at my local car meet that have stanced wheels.

[@ampersand954]

Great fan service!

[@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

[@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.

[@lilshax7297]

Where is the video with Christian Von Koenigsegg, Mate Rimac, John Hennessey on the Laguna Seca circuit with the Jesko Attack, Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport, Rimac Nevera, Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution ?

[@JDMEXforme]

Those cars have nothing on this.

[@lilshax7297]

@@JDMEXforme tf u talk about bro ?

[@oSJmee]

It's like they made those student racing cars into an actual buyable supercar.

[@amgguy4319]

Grandma absolutely needs this for church on Sunday.

[@GadgetyMV]

Not only a tech marvel but also a great design. The ability to set the power and the downforce, fabulous. The most exciting development in the auto industry, specially if the fan can become road legal... A step change.

[@pogfish9681]

This car has video game physics irl

[@edwardgoldthorpe8260]

Lol I thought it was a wet track at first with all that smoke and dust coming out the back!

[@alfamonk]

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

[@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...

[@Stuntman175]

Well, if F1 wants to keep racing at Monaco, they're gonna have to use the Spéirling as an F1 car analogue. This would be the perfect substitute, just switch the canopy for a halo, chop the fenders for that open wheel look and we're off to the races! Oh, put some speakers around the track like Honda did in Suzuka to honor Ayrton Senna in case people find the race boring without engine sounds. It's small enough that 3 can go side by side in the tunnel, so plenty of overtaking opportunities everywhere!

[@justincharles6585]

Yes

[@EleanorPeterson]

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

[@roguesample]

This absolutely needs to run Pikes Peak. It’d be interesting to see its performance as the altitude rises

[@rugu6869]

I'm not an EV fan at all, but this thing is off the hook fast! Not sure you'd last too long on a track with the G-forces you're pulling. Epic!

[@siemprebmw3284]

Here's a billion-dollar idea: Why doesn't this company team up with BMW's Motorsport division to build a 2-door coupe, similar to the legendary E30 M3? Imagine a modern take on that classic, but with today's technology and performance. It would be incredible, especially with the chance to share the driving experience with a friend beside you! The nostalgia, combined with the thrill of modern engineering, would make it a massive hit. How cool would that be?

[@nickwells20]

My God the top drone shot of the gt3 and the McMurtry side by side was insane. It's so tiny compared to a small road car lol.

[@Blortoblorto]

911 is not a small car

[@benwhite8503]

The absolute pinnacle of modern engineering levels!

[@ScienceBreather]

I would like to see McMurtry make a one off drag car. Give it more gearing - maybe even just through significantly larger tires, and let it just SMASH the drag strip -- not top fuel, but things like drag week. I know it's a super niche thing, but I'd love to see an electric come out on top, and it's absolutely possible.

[@FavoriteScenes5999]

FE should be like this.

[@AngelLopez-hc2df]

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

[@Phykx-ed_Up]

"Has a higher top speed by 2 miles per hour on momentum" I've never heard that before

[@BlessByYou777]

it might be so cool. the one who drives a car never crash or accident. is only available to drive this car. Ridiculously Fast. and quite expensive.

[@AresWasTaken]

no shoutout for the chaparrel 2j? the og vacuum car?

[@jerryspeedbumps512]

it cracked my list and has become my favorite car by a landslide. I like handling, and tech. This looks fake irl. The absolute future! I love it!

[@anotherplottwist]

The beauty of this is we're only moving forward from this point with electric, they're gonna get better and better

[@ashleyboyer2721]

The birds eye view when the cars are next to each other, i can't believe how small the McMurtry is compared to the Porsche

[@matthewadair4507]

That car is wicked fast. I can see Hammond screaming at the top of his lungs in that.

[@roybatty2030]

He’d manage to crash it

[@MattDiffey]

If you'd take a Spierling over a GT3RS, you weren't considering a GT3RS to start with. It's more against other track-only monsters than anything

[@vaultsoferowid]

That 0-150 time was insane! Take the limiter off so we can a true 1/4 mile time please please please!

[@meanredspider]

Vacuum cleaner, Electric Vehicle, UK Billionaire? McMurtry shows Dyson the way to do it!!

[@Mike-1000]

*Can Harris drift it ?!?!?!?!?!?!!?*

[@Warclimb64]

If it generates more downforce than its weight... can it be driven upside down?

[@oneeyeman6258]

I wanna see this vs the new Nevera R vs the Jesco Absolute!

[@lolkevandewitte1713]

Am I the only one who’s imagining Jeremy doing this test…? “It is blistering fast, it is by far the fastest car…………………………..in the world”.

[@chuckclark6162]

That view out of the cockpit at speed is reminiscent of a land speed record car.

[@PANTYEATR1]

I'm totally geeking out over this car😎

[@arnvdogra]

The car looks like something straight out of that speed racer movie

[@gryphon123456]

“In a fan boy!” Ba dum bum! 😂

[@Kris__dk]

All respect to the motor journalists, but Porsche is a two syllable word. Something I expect Top Gear to get right. Still a very entertaining video.

[@fastautosnet]

odd they switched to the old car for the drag race, I don't think they have drag raced the new Pure one at all.... must be something off with it...

[@Grindjuls]

this car is insanely cool

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

Friendly understeer? I’d much more prefer oversteer

[@sylvaind.6786]

Not with this car🤦‍♂️

[@gray7890]

That short of a wheelbase oversteer means looking backwards at 100mph lol

[@WanderWisley]

They haven’t built a new hyper car, they’ve built a new yard stick.

[@rb.488]

Spéirling vs F1 car round Silverstone would be a good video

[@lrnasigo1]

Good thing there was a backup while the blue car was charging

[@ChrisDornDorny]

The outside footage just looks like it has been speeded up haha

[@kefene]

will never beat the sound of a straight 6

[@skyedog24]

The new McLaren prototype uses the same downforce technology but in a different way . These new cars are amazing. What are leap forward

[@EyesOfByes]

Cooling wont be an issue in Arctic climate. I'd wanna see on a dragstrip during winter with track being heated up (for tire grip)

[@vmaxauto]

Imagine putting someone from the early 1900's in one of these

[@LarsAgerbk]

Formula 1 should feel humiliated by this car. The next era of F1 cars should have fans like this one. Like Gordon Murrays old F1 car.

[@thesupremekai1980s]

We need sprint races of these...

[@tmartyf3177]

That Porsche sounds gorgeous.