# McMurtry Spéirling Drives Upside Down

> McMurtry's April 2025 video showed its Spéirling fan car driving forward fully inverted.

- Owner: McMurtry Automotive
- Kind: Campaign
- Sector: Auto & mobility
- Seed date: 2025-04-11
- Peak date: 2025-04-11
- Spread Score: 30 (Niche), v1.2
- Mechanics: Real-world spectacle, Platform jump

## Summary

McMurtry ran an upside-down drive at its Gloucestershire headquarters on April 10, 2025 and posted the video on April 11. Top Gear and an engineering subreddit picked it up that day, followed by tech press, a general-interest Reddit repost in July and a MrBeast stunt in 2026.

## Timeline

- 2025-04-10 — McMurtry Automotive (Retail) — McMurtry ran the upside-down drive at its headquarters in Gloucestershire, England.
- 2025-04-11 — McMurtry Automotive (YouTube) — McMurtry published the official video of the Spéirling driving upside down on YouTube.
- 2025-04-11 — Top Gear (Press) — Top Gear reported the Spéirling was the first car in the world to drive upside down.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “McMurtry Spéirling Drives Upside Down.” Case HIS-00831. Spread Score v1.2: 30/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00831