McMurtry Spéirling Pure: the £1m electric hypercar redefining what speed means Sponsored The McMurtry Spéirling Pure made its public debut at Goodwood this month. With fan-powered downforce and a record-breaking acceleration claim, the British-built track car offers a glimpse of where extreme performance is heading. The ultimate measure of a performance car used to be simple enough. First it was engine size, then horsepower, then lap times. [...]
Billionaire Renishaw co-founder Sir David McMurtry dies Business The billionaire co-founder of engineering giant Renishaw has died at the age of 84, it has been announced. Sir David McMurtry founded the Wotton-under-Edge-based company with his former colleague John Deer in 1973 and took it public ten years later. Sir David was awarded a CBE in 1994 and was knighted in 2001. He stepped [...]