McMurtry Spéirling approved for MotorSport Vision test days at Donington Park
Gloucestershire, 22 November 2021: In a first for electric vehicles and a step towards racing for the team, McMurtry have been granted approval for the McMurtry Spéirling to join MotorSport Vision test days at Donington Park. As a no-limits track car, the McMurtry Spéirling is most enjoyable when driven accordingly, on test days at high […]
McMurtry Testing at Castle Combe Circuit
One sleepy week in November, a dim and misty Cotswold morning is slowing breaking. Only to be abruptly shattered by the McMurtry Spéirling zipping around a racing circuit, fans roaring, closer to home than ever before! Despite being based less than 20 miles away, McMurtry had never visited Castle Combe Circuit with the Spéirling until […]
David McMurtry drives the McMurtry Spéirling
Earlier this month, the Spéirling took a special trip to an airfield in Oxfordshire for a day of testing with a very important guest driver: Sir David McMurtry. Having been involved with the development of many technical aspects of the car, David took the wheel with confidence and a good knowledge of the vehicle’s potential. […]
McMurtry at Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event
Taking a break from the usual public appearances featuring dramatic, loud and fast demonstrations to thousands of fans, the Spéirling spent two days on show statically last month at the 14th annual Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event at UTAC Millbrook Proving Ground on 22-23rd September. The Low Carbon Vehicle Event is a technology showcase exhibiting […]
McMurtry Exhibit the Spéirling at Salon Privé
McMurtry Automotive exhibit the Spéirling at Salon Privé alongside priceless classics and racing legends in the beautiful grounds of Blenheim Palace. A celebration of the past, present and future of automotive icons, Salon Privé is the UK’s most exceptional Concours d’Elégance, where the world’s rarest and most valuable cars gather; from era-defining legends to tomorrow’s […]
The McMurtry Spéirling on display at world-class on track celebration of supercars
McMurtry Automotive were on track with the Spéirling at Donington Park Circuit as part of the Supercar Driver Secret Meet, an annual event celebrating supercars and the people who drive them. Established in 2009, Supercar Driver is an exclusive and growing community of supercar owners, and events such as track days are at the heart […]
Derek Bell MBE, McMurtry Spéirling development driver, named as Grand Marshal for 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021
Five-time Le Mans winner and McMurtry development driver, Derek Bell, has been honoured with the prestigious title of Grand Marshal of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021. As Grand Marshal, Derek, whose first Le Mans triumph came in 1975 before an incredible seven-year stint of podium finishes, including four further wins, spanning 1981 to 1988, will lead out the competing cars for the formation lap ahead of this year’s race.
McMurtry Automotive at Goodwood Festival of Speed: The Debrief
Earlier this year, after almost three years of top-secret design and build at McMurtry headquarters, we were finally ready to show the world what we’d been up to. We were honoured to be invited to enter our car, the Spéirling, into the Goodwood Festival of Speed for its public debut, eager to learn how it […]
McMurtry to debut experimental electric demonstrator at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2021
Gloucestershire, 5 July 2021: McMurtry Automotive are exhibiting their experimental, pure electric, track car concept, the McMurtry Spéirling, at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2021. McMurtry have created the ultimate no-rules track car by exploring the route that uninhibited technical evolution would have taken from the golden age of racing to shape the motorsport of today. […]