I broke the 1/4-mile world record in this new HYPERCAR!

Welcome to what could be our most exciting review EVER!

Mat’s got his hands on the McMurtry Spéirling, and he’s about to find out if it can back up its claim of being the quickest accelerating road car ever made!

Now before he even gets behind the wheel, you need to know that the McMurtry comes with a reputation! It's claimed the record as being the fastest car to complete the Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb - beating an F1 car to the title by two whole seconds!

But what makes this lightning-fast single-seater so special? Well, it comes with an incredible fan system that helps to generate 2,000kg of downforce! This means the McMurtry is not only super quick off the line, but it can take corners at speed with ease.

In terms of power output, it has two electric motors that produce 1,000hp. Now you may not think that’s too impressive, given EVs such as the Rimac Nevera come with almost 2,000hp. However, whereas the Nevera weighs over 2 tonnes, the McMurtry Spéirling weighs less than one tonne!!

Now, of course, all that power and performance doesn’t come cheap, costing just under £2,000,000. But if the car can break records as it claims, then it’s got to be worth it, right?

All we know is, this is one review you don’t want to miss! Will Mat go faster than he’s ever been before? And more importantly, will he break some records?! There’s only one way to find out… Join us for this ultra-in-depth review and see for yourself!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:44 McMurtry Overview
03:03 Exterior Design
04:12 Fan System
06:26 Interior
13:11 Annoying Features
14:21 Cool Features
16:26 0-60mph & 1/4-mile: Attempt #1
1945 0-60mph & 1/4-mile: Attempt #2

[KnallenN]

0-60 in 1.4 seconds is actually something i did not think was possible, without it being a full on dragster. That's actually insane

[Presto_]

Fact: This channel has had 2 broken unofficial world records in 2 cars worth £2 million or more. Now, that is a well-deserved achievement to Mat, his team at carwow and the companies that created such insane hypercars.

[Hzuuuu]

The way the whole team cheered at the 7.97" record was just extremely wholesome. Not to mention they want anyone who owns a hypercar to race against them and let them drive theirs too. Their marketing and confidence in their car is just on point.

[benjisdiscovery]

This is why this video has more views than any other video of the same car. Phenomenal production and a journalist who actually has humor instead of dull stats.

[alexz]

Having an engineer on camera talk about the car in detail is priceless, cannot buy better marketing.

[RedfishCarolina]

0-60 in 1.4 seconds is astonishing for a leaf blower.

Seriously though, all joking aside. These guys are engineering phenoms. What a magnificent car!

[nzudzanyoranwaha]

Mat is amazed by the 7.97s 1/4mile time, absolutely rightfully so, but I don’t think he afforded the 0-60mi/h time the attention it deserved. 1.4s is unfathomable. Unthinkably quick. That should be getting proper recognition. Like hoooow is that possible??!

[DeplorableSon]

Congrats on the 1.4.
That was fun to watch.
That car is sweet.
Designer and engineers deserve a medal

[Presto_]

It truly seems like Mat can get anything here on carwow. From high-end motorbikes to spitfires to hypercars, to F1 cars to now this absolute pocket rocket. You guys have really outdone yourselves here, so thank you very much for adding some excitement to our day!

[stephentrinder]

It is so refreshing to have an "ordinary" down to earth commentator, presenting to car enthusiasts, reflecting genuine emotions. Thank you carwow.

[ryans]

This is the first electric car that I love instead of just respect. It has character, speed, sound. Props to McMurtry

[ConnorHammond]

Second time watching this. An absolute blast. Been 16 months and no news of anything coming close to it. Eye-watering.

[Shadowfox]

I just love how much trust and love McMurtry's people have for their product. I mean they help, and actually want, Mat get the most out of it, are all passionate, seems like a great company

[tjwright]

The look on his face when he launched it with full power was not one of fun, joy, giddiness, or amazement.... it was sheer horror and discomfort. That was epic!

[robert]

Congratulations to the entire team at McMurtry. It is obvious that passion is all yours.

[ValentineNTT]

That car feels like the small toy cars on springs that you pull back and launch super fast but in real size, it's absolutely amazing how fast it goes

[Falconive]

The way they cheered for Matt's 7.97" record ❤

[sluuuudge]

Max Chilton is such a great guy. Often when you have the teams dev driver around, they can come across a bit conceited as if they're almost annoyed that they have someone like Mat driving their car. But not with Max, you can tell he just loves the car and the tech and was more than happy to have Mat driving it around - and he was genuinely pleased when they realised they'd done a sub 8 in the car!

[MatWatsonCars]

Not gonna lie - the acceleration was so brutal it was kinda unpleasant whilst also thrilling. Amazing car this... More to come with it 😉.

[FinanceMadeEasy-TH]

Speechless! I cannot imagine how Mat was feeling during the launches! Probably epoch making historical turn of events feel like this!! Shivered a little actually while watching.