We see a McMurtry road car in the not-too-distant future - Managing director Thomas Yates says it could be a 'viable' option...
Yates adds that stopping the fan’s use on the road would have been the biggest challenge: “It could be a great safety device, for stopping quickly [in adverse conditions], but in practice, that is not what [customers] will be using it for. It needs another thought.”
Instead, first deliveries of the track-only Pure – which will arrive in a near-similar spec to the record-breaking car that can do 0-62mph in 1.5sec – will reach customers in the next 18 to 24 months, a schedule of which Yates is extremely proud. “We have a customer who placed an order with a major car maker [for its flagship model], and they are still waiting almost eight years later,” says Yates. “So we took the decision to go track-only for now.” Just for now? Yes, says Yates, adding: “We think a road version could be viable, but there are issues and complexities to look around first.
There are also more models in the pipeline, of course, which are “90% completed in my head”, according to Yates. In what form they will come is the next mystery to solve and something about which Yates remains coy. He does, though, leave us a nugget: “Bigger is not always better.” The next car, he hints, will continue McMurtry’s obsession with power-to-weight figures, which could surpass that of the featherweight Spéirling. Yates adds: “Would it not be exciting to talk in 10 years’ time about a car that is lighter than this?”
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