RE: McLaren goes back to the future with design DNA
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Except it’s probably the Bahrain’s wanting to consolidate the shares I order to make a sale to a global car make possible. This would have been much harder with multiple shareholders. It’s the only way McLaren can prosper, I doubt they want to be long term owners.
BMW? They could supply the underpinnings for a McLaren EV SUV in order to make them self sustaining.
BMW? They could supply the underpinnings for a McLaren EV SUV in order to make them self sustaining.
740EVTORQUES said:
Except it’s probably the Bahrain’s wanting to consolidate the shares I order to make a sale to a global car make possible. This would have been much harder with multiple shareholders. It’s the only way McLaren can prosper, I doubt they want to be long term owners.
BMW? They could supply the underpinnings for a McLaren EV SUV in order to make them self sustaining.
Whilst I hope they don't sell out and go that route - it seems almost inevitable.. BMW? They could supply the underpinnings for a McLaren EV SUV in order to make them self sustaining.
Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Lotus ffs. They're all at it.
I think it's unlikely but a left field choice would be Hyundai buying McLaren. It's not so fanciful, look how they recruited Albert Biermann from BMW M and the result was the Stinger and then the EV6GT and Ionic 5N (presuming that a lot of that development was started before he retired.)
Hyundai clearly respected him and allowed him the freedom to add his influence to their products and it really shows. They are also leaders in EV tech, 800V charging (which BMW still don't have in production), they're developing torque vectoring for their next range of EV's and are active in motorsport (WRC).
If you combine KIA and Hyundai (in the same way that Stellantis encompasses several sub brands) then they are second only to Toyota for market share (9.4% vs 11.5%, and they don't have any competing supercar brands, unlike for example VW.
They already have an EV platform making 600bhp and that's in an SUV.
Imagine what McLaren could achieve with the backing of Hyundai?
(discovered this after writing the above, but it seems they've already been in discussion.
https://www.ft.com/content/9768fb78-8b75-4a58-a736...
)
Hyundai clearly respected him and allowed him the freedom to add his influence to their products and it really shows. They are also leaders in EV tech, 800V charging (which BMW still don't have in production), they're developing torque vectoring for their next range of EV's and are active in motorsport (WRC).
If you combine KIA and Hyundai (in the same way that Stellantis encompasses several sub brands) then they are second only to Toyota for market share (9.4% vs 11.5%, and they don't have any competing supercar brands, unlike for example VW.
They already have an EV platform making 600bhp and that's in an SUV.
Imagine what McLaren could achieve with the backing of Hyundai?
(discovered this after writing the above, but it seems they've already been in discussion.
https://www.ft.com/content/9768fb78-8b75-4a58-a736...
)
Edited by 740EVTORQUES on Thursday 4th April 08:53
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