At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, many new cars were unveiled, attracting the attention of many car fans, including some familiar top supercars and new faces. The hill climb race is a traditional event at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and it is also an event that many brands a

At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, many new cars were unveiled, attracting the attention of many car fans, including some familiar top supercars and new faces. The hill climb race is a traditional event at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and it is also an event that many brands are willing to challenge; drivers need to speed along a temporary rural track of about 1.16 kilometers next to the castle in the manor, and reach the ancient time in the shortest time. The driver at Durwood Racecourse is the winner.

At the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, former F1 driver Max Chilton drove the McMurtry Spéirling electric supercar with a time of 39.08 seconds, breaking the previous record of 39.9 seconds set by the Volkswagen ID.R. So what’s so special about this McMurtry Spéirling electric supercar? Today I want to talk to you.

First of all, the appearance looks very similar to the Batmobile that appeared in the 1989-1992 Michael Keaton version of "Batman" and " Batman Returns ", except that the McMurtry Spéirling is more like a scaled-down version of the model, and The wing shape on the back of Batman's tank has also been replaced with an carbon fiber tail wing. Since it is a single-seater model, the driver is placed in the middle of the vehicle, which solves the problem of vehicle weight. However, this also brings about a serious problem, that is, you cannot bring your little sister with you. After taking a ride, I really answered the old saying, drivers don’t need women!

Batman's chariot

McMurtry Spéirling

As an electric vehicle, if you want to obtain greater power and lighter weight, you need the structure of the entire vehicle carbon fiber as the basis. In addition, the short body also controls the weight of the vehicle. One of the important means. Therefore, it weighs less than 1 ton and is propelled by up to 1,000 horsepower. It can accelerate from 0-100km/h in 1.5 seconds. That kind of terrifying acceleration is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the McMurtry Spéirling is a single-seat car. I am afraid that if a young lady sits on it, her face will turn pale and she will vomit.

Another important point is its aerodynamic design, because this car refers to the power fan design of the F1 racing car Brabham BT46B. Two huge ground effect fan devices are installed on the bottom of the car, so that the car can generate 2 tons of downforce ensures that the vehicle sticks to the ground like a rail car . For such a design, the editor must also talk about another car with a powered fan, which is the T.50 supercar launched by Gordon Murray Automotive in the UK.

Because the designer and brand owner of the Gordon Murray T.50 car is Gordon Murray, the designer of the BT46B of the F1 racing team Brackham. He pioneered an external fan, which not only solved the problem of engine heat dissipation, but also Solve the air turbulence at the bottom of the car, thereby increasing the downforce of the car. When the BT46B race car made its debut, it won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix. The success of its debut also attracted complaints from the drivers because the fans would blow sand and gravel on the ground to the drivers behind. The BT46B was then banned by FIA. The racing car entered the competition.

Editor’s summary: As a brand new car brand, McMurtry Spéirling draws on the experience of many people who have come before to improve this car; without the rules and regulations of the original car building, the brand will be committed to using the best racing concepts to build an electric car. Let more car owners experience fresh driving fun and thrill. Without compromising on the so-called comfort, they must prove themselves by setting new track lap times one after another.

As electric vehicles continue to emerge, we begin to think about what the future car will look like. Will it eventually become a machine that no longer requires humans to control it? By then, do we still need to consider its handling and acceleration performance? Is the appearance of a car still a condition that impresses you?