SCOOP: BMW and McLaren exploring joint electric supercar project
► A response to high-performance EVs from Stuttgart and the VW GroupCall it a high-performance fling or a one-car stand. Whatever the status, the brief affair that generated thepowered by that awesome 6.1-litre BMW V12 wrote a small yet memorable chapter of automotive history in the early 1990s.
McLaren’s own product plan indicates that its first zero-emissions car will debut in late 2026. The provisional plan is for an all-wheel-drive Super Series coupe with 1088bhp from four e-motors. Is there room for an extra model – something that could become an electric heir to the BMW M1? And if so, how must it differ from the McLaren?Neither party likes the idea of making one car with two badges. Instead, there would be distinct designs, inside and out.
The answer may be to replace the 8-series Gran Coupe with something more akin to a roomy four-seater with SUV overtones, but a seat height as low as an estate car’s; think Taycan, not Cayenne.Progress has been slow in recent months, especially when word spread around that Audi was about to take McLaren over. ‘The risk that our know-how would filter through to the competition had become too high,’ recalls a former member of the task force.
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