Umm have you heard about Italian build quality?
It is nothing short of horrific. Fiat (their parent company) is commonly known as Fix It Again Tony
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Apple in Talks to Acquire Luxury Carmaker and Formula One Team McLaren [Update: McLaren Denies]
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Umm have you heard about Italian build quality?
It is nothing short of horrific. Fiat (their parent company) is commonly known as Fix It Again Tony
Aston Martins are the most beautiful cars known to man. Killer picture
And, man, they sure can make a turbocharged engine sound GOOD!
edit - If an acquisition by Apple means that McLaren will abandon their core business and stop making supercars, then this is the worst news (rumor, I know) I've heard in a while. I hope it'd just be for the technology, without affecting the day-to-day of McLaren.
That could never happen. Look how Apple has remained focused on the product lines of their roots. Oh... wait.... McLaren watch band anyone????
Now that looks like a really nice combination of companies. Mclaren have been on a roll lately and they've got some very smart people working there..
Love this bit of news
Love this bit of news
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
And to be fair I think far more Ferraris catch on fire than the few new gen GT3s that did before they recalled them for the fix.
Now that looks like a total BARGAIN compared to the Beats acquisition...
Next mcLaren comes without the old fashioned century old seatbelt, #courage
Two companies with many similarities.
Their headquarters is just one of them - a beautiful minimalist building designed by Sir Norman Foster, the guy behind Apple Campus 2.
Their headquarters is just one of them - a beautiful minimalist building designed by Sir Norman Foster, the guy behind Apple Campus 2.
My theory is that it's got little to do with cars, and more to do with materials prowess.
F1 teams know how to wield carbon fibre better than anyone else in the world, along with plenty of other exotic materials. They also make their items to incredible tolerances. Very much like Apple
F1 teams know how to wield carbon fibre better than anyone else in the world, along with plenty of other exotic materials. They also make their items to incredible tolerances. Very much like Apple
So they are simply acquiring McLaren for their smarts, not for anything else? Sounds like Apple wants McLaren talent, meaning they will probably shutter the company after it's acquired. Boo and hiss on that! It would make much more sense for AAPL to buy TSLA - they will have a ready platform, just need to write the software. But TSLA is much more expensive than McLaren, because you know, TSLA actually has a mainstream product to sell.
Unless Apple is looking to sell 1,654 per YEAR, it will not use McLaren as a platform on which to base the Apple Car. I would think the likely situation would lean toward the "strategic investment" side of the equation as opposed to the "wholesale rebranding" side.
Gosh I hope not. Would you want to be driving around with a potential exploding battery in your car?
What would be the point of Apple doing that? There are a whole host of reasons Apple might be considering acquiring them, e.g., hybrid technology, fabrication, etc., but the least likely of all is that they want to produce enormously expensive cars that only a very few people can afford.
interesting.
i love the cars. their design team is fab.
I would rather see a partnership with BMW though
i love the cars. their design team is fab.
I would rather see a partnership with BMW though
