The McMurtry Spéirling Just Became the World’s Fastest Production Car – Robb Report
, 2022-12-20 16:32:19,
The Rimac Nevera’s reign as the world’s fastest-accelerating production car could be nearing its end.
The $2.4 million electric hypercar was just bested by another battery-powered vehicle, the McMurtry Spéirling. The compact speed machine didn’t just barely edge the Nevera’s zero-to-60 mph and quarter-mile times—it beat them quite comfortably.
The British startup announced late last week that its pint-sized Batmobile had just set two acceleration records while filming a video for the popular YouTube channel carwow at Silverstone. According to McMurtry, and the clip, the Spéirling was able to zoom from 0-to-60 mph in just 1.4 seconds and cover a quarter-mile in 7.97 seconds. That beats the Nevera’s times, both of which are records for a production vehicle, by 0.5 seconds and 0.6 seconds, respectively. If that wasn’t impressive enough, the EV didn’t hit those marks in ideal conditions. It set them on a cold and damp day, though the straight it raced across was dried beforehand.
There are two big reasons why the rear-wheel Spéirling is capable of such outlandish acceleration, and neither of them is the rumored 1,000 hp powertrain (though that certainly doesn’t help). Those reasons are the pair of turbines located behind the EV’s cockpit that suck air from beneath the car and shoot it out the rear. The fans combine to produce well over 4,000 pounds of…
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