Not necessarily.
The line could evolve to include autos that would be within reach of Apple's customers. I don't think Apple's end goal is to manufacture exotic supercars for their base.
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Apple in Talks to Acquire Luxury Carmaker and Formula One Team McLaren [Update: McLaren Denies]
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Not necessarily.
The line could evolve to include autos that would be within reach of Apple's customers. I don't think Apple's end goal is to manufacture exotic supercars for their base.
Now I know why Button left McLaren, the Button also left the iPhone 7 - it is all coming together
And doors? Pah! Doors have been around for thousands of years. Old technology. Proprietary ingress/egress system is needed.
Yes, but it'd only come with a 256GB hard drive which you cannot upgrade unless you buy two Mclarens which then come with a mbp with a 512GB hard drive which you can then upgrade to 1TB for £400 plus the 500GB hard drive it initially comes with.
Frikkin bargain.
You already know the case-makers are ramping up production for a case. Gotta put a f***ing case on everything. I imagine someone driving around in their Apple MacClaren Jet Black with an Otterbox on lmao.
What? I, uh... what?
Apologies, but words are failing me. What? How did you... WHAT?/reads comment again
/tries to reconcile logic
/fails
What?
I've only seen one comment on it: CARBON FIBER. It's the key to making future cars light...and McLaren holds some very important patents on carbon fiber production including some that greatly reduce the complexity (and therefore cost) of creating carbon fiber.
I suspect Gordon Murray and his T.27 project is the real acquisition target here.
My bet is Apple will take a hands off approach to Mclaren, but throw a couple of billion at Murray's clever manufacturing technology to make a small electric city car based on the T.25/T.27 concept (but a lot less ugly!)
My bet is Apple will take a hands off approach to Mclaren, but throw a couple of billion at Murray's clever manufacturing technology to make a small electric city car based on the T.25/T.27 concept (but a lot less ugly!)
Newsome, ugh, shudder. Cutesy and useless designs. He's probably an infinite source of bad ideas for Ive.
This makes sense.
People always say Apple should by Tesla. That would be a stupid purchase since Tesla doesn't have any unique technology. Everything they do all the other automakers can also do.
Mclaren, on the other hand, has an extensive portfolio of IP related to advanced automotive technology (like carbon and composite construction).
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Bingo. Apple isn't going to make super cars. They're going to bring technology from super cars to something people can afford.
People always say Apple should by Tesla. That would be a stupid purchase since Tesla doesn't have any unique technology. Everything they do all the other automakers can also do.
Mclaren, on the other hand, has an extensive portfolio of IP related to advanced automotive technology (like carbon and composite construction).
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Bingo. Apple isn't going to make super cars. They're going to bring technology from super cars to something people can afford.
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Perhaps Macrumors could buy one for review purposes. Then you could all share it.Huh. There goes prospects for the average person to own an Apple car at a reasonable price.
But they'll remove the headphone jack from the McLaren so where will you plug the beats headphones into?
This could be one of the worst suggestions I've seen on this forum. AM is an absolute garbage automobile manufacturer. Their cars are pants stretching beautiful. There's no doubt about it. The build quality? The quality is damn near laughable. Laughable is an understated kindness. Sweet Jeebus the depreciation, the constant maintenance, and... no, just no. AM's are only good for short leases and magazine spreads.No, get Aston Martin! "Power. Beauty. Soul. It Just Works."
Bad Carlos. You're in timeout.
Owning an Aston is like marrying the prom queen only to find out she's a meth head.
McLaren haven't won the F1 Constructors Championship for almost 20 years. That's about the same time when Macs were last updated!
Not sure I agree with the answer, but at least somebody finally asked the right question. Why, exactly, would Apple want to own McLaren, of all companies? If they own technology and patents, then it what way would they apply to an Apple automotive project? Isn't that the real question?
As for Tesla, it clearly isn't for sale.
Beats had cash flow, profits, Brand awareness and that's worth a lot.