Can a Car Drive Upside Down? MrBeast finds out with McMurtry
MrBeast and the Upside-Down Car: How McMurtry Took Fan Downforce to 400 Million People
When people search “MrBeast upside down car” or “MrBeast upside down driving”, they’re looking for something that feels impossible.
In 2026, that impossibility became reality – and McMurtry Automotive was at the centre of it.
In 2025, McMurtry stunned the automotive world with a world-first demonstration: the McMurtry Spéirling completing a full inversion and driving, held upside down purely by fan-generated downforce called Downforce-on-DemandTM. No magnets. No tricks. Just physics, engineering and British innovation.
That moment didn’t just capture the imagination of engineers – it caught the attention of the MrBeast team.
The McMurtry Spéirling fan car is designed for high performance driving events and track days, and has already set lap records around the world at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Top Gear Test Track in England (beating F1 cars times), the Laguna Seca Hillclimb in California and Hockenheim in Germany.
Customer deliveries are beginning in 2026, with the car priced at £995,000 + taxes, shipping and options, reflecting its bespoke engineering and ultra-limited production.
Why MrBeast Contacted McMurtry
Following the release of McMurtry’s upside-down demonstration in April 2025, the MrBeast team reached out directly, having identified the Spéirling as a perfect fit for their Future Tech content — a series focused on technology that feels like science fiction made real.
With the largest audience in YouTube history, MrBeast’s platform is uniquely positioned to take cutting-edge engineering out of specialist circles and place it in front of the world.
Who Is MrBeast — and Why This Matters
MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) is the most subscribed creator on YouTube, with over 460 million subscribers on his main channel alone — ranking him number one globally. His videos regularly reach hundreds of millions of viewers, making his platform one of the most powerful distribution channels ever created.
Beyond scale, MrBeast is also known for philanthropy at unprecedented levels. Through initiatives such as Beast Philanthropy, his projects have funded food banks, clean water, medical care, housing, and global environmental efforts — including planting millions of trees and removing millions of pounds of waste from oceans.
For McMurtry, the collaboration wasn’t just about visibility — it was about presenting a new vision of what a performance car can be to nearly 400 million people, in a way that is impossible to forget.
Filming the Upside-Down Car in Germany
The filming took place on a runway in southern Germany, while the MrBeast team was in Europe producing multiple large-scale projects.
On site, MrBeast experienced the McMurtry Spéirling driving upside down.
The inversion was completed on a custom built rig, where the car was flipped upside down and held purely by its fan-generated downforce. Being electric, the cars battery and motors can operate upside down, something very challenging to achieve with a traditional petrol car engine and fuel tank.
MrBeast said:
“We thought the future would give us flying cars, but instead it gave us cars that drive upside down – it’s probably cooler.”
Driving the Spéirling the Right Way Up
After the inversion demonstrations, MrBeast drove the McMurtry Spéirling in its natural orientation.
On the runway, he experienced:
- Full-force electric launches
- Extreme braking performance
- The immediate, relentless grip created by fan downforce
The contrast made the upside-down capability even more striking — this was not a novelty machine, but a record-holding performance car that simply refuses to obey conventional limits.
After getting out of the cockpit MrBeast enthused: “It’s fast, maybe even too fast. That was fricking wild man”.
How does the car work?
At the heart of the McMurtry Spéirling is a revolutionary fan downforce system. Two high-speed fans generate immense suction beneath the car, effectively pulling it onto the road surface – much like a giant, highly controlled vacuum.
Spinning at up to 23,000 rpm, the fans draw air from a sealed region beneath the chassis through filters, creating immediate and consistent downforce. The system uses dual fans for built-in redundancy, ensuring that even in the unlikely event of an issue with one unit, the driver retains full control of the car.
As air is expelled from the rear, the Spéirling produces a sound more commonly associated with a jet engine than an electric vehicle — a striking contrast to the near-silence typically expected from EVs.
The car features a single, central driving position, reinforcing its singular focus on performance and driver engagement. Unlike conventional aerodynamic systems, the fan downforce delivers nearly twice the car’s own weight in downforce from zero miles per hour, providing extraordinary grip off the line and through low-speed corners.
The result is a machine capable of record-setting performance, yet remaining remarkably approachable to learn to drive quickly. The immediate, predictable grip gives drivers of all experience levels the confidence to explore the Spéirling’s capabilities — whether driving the right way up, or, as the world has now seen, upside down.
The impact of McMurtry’s fan technology is no longer limited to their own car models. Through its Technology division, the company is partnering with other manufacturers to bring fan downforce, advanced electric powertrains, and specialist engineering knowledge into future performance vehicles.
Asking 400 Million People a Simple Question
If any of the viewers or 400+ millions subscribers watching (or reading this) have access to a large smooth tunnel, please let McMurtry or the MrBeast team know, so we can investigate doing a much longer drive next time!
Why Fan Downforce Changes Everything
Unlike traditional aerodynamics, which require speed and airflow direction, fan downforce works from zero miles per hour — in any orientation.
That means:
- Downforce while stationary
- Downforce at low speeds
- Downforce upside down
It also means greater control, stability, and safety — even in extreme conditions. What began as a performance breakthrough is now reshaping how engineers think about grip, braking, and vehicle dynamics.
From Viral Moment to Engineering Milestone
The MrBeast demonstration was not a stunt. It was a real-world demonstration of production-ready technology, witnessed by the largest audience in digital history.
For McMurtry Automotive, it marked a defining moment:
- British engineering, shown without compromise
- Radical technology, explained through experience
- A future where cars don’t just push limits — they completely redefine what’s possible.
MrBeast summed it up perfectly:
“That was crazy – it was like a roller coaster on wheels.” and “This car is definitely from the future”.
And for McMurtry, that future is already here. Deliveries to customers are commencing in 2026, and these cars will begin to be driven at race circuits all over the world.
About McMurtry Automotive:
McMurtry Automotive is a British automotive manufacturer founded in 2016 driven by radical innovation at the intersection of performance, design, and future technology. From record-breaking runs to physics-defying demonstrations, McMurtry is rewriting the rules of automotive performance — on the track, upside down, and beyond.
McMurtry Spéirling PURE Aims
To make record breaking performance accessible to track driving enthusiasts.
- To make record breaking performance accessible to driving enthusiasts.
- To bring back legendary fan car technology
- To restore passion for small and lightweight cars
McMurtry Company Objectives
- McMurtry’s ambition is to become one of the world’s most prestigious and long-standing automotive brands, founded on motorsport innovation.
- Inspired by legends of the past, we champion innovation towards making vehicles light and agile.
- We proudly showcase British innovation and engineering design.