McLaren’s financial difficulties have been exposed several times in the past few years, and it will need a major partner to put its SUV plans in motion.
This big group will probably need to be willing to contribute a platform (as well as battery and powertrain elements), in the way the Volkswagen Group does to Lamborghini. McLaren has already held talks at group level with VW (ostensibly centred on its Formula 1 activities) and with BMW, and secret discussions with other prospective partners are believed to be under way.
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