British sports car manufacturer McLaren has denied information about the negotiations with the American company Apple on the sale of their business. Reported by the BBC.
“We can confirm that McLaren is not negotiating Apple regarding any potential investment,” — said the representative of the British company. At the same time, he noted that McLaren often conducts confidential meetings with a wide range of parties.”
September 21, the Financial Times, citing its own sources reported that Apple has been several months negotiating the acquisition of the British sports car maker McLaren, the transaction value may be 1-1. 5 billion pounds or 1.3 to 2.0 billion US dollars).
The publication notes that while Apple has never stated the intention to become a car manufacturer, but in the beginning of 2016, it became known that the American company has registered several domain names under the possible project, including apple.car and apple.auto.
Earlier, in 2016 Apple has invested a billion dollars into the Chinese service for call taxi Didi Chuxing.
British manufacturer McLaren Automotive is part of the McLaren Group, which also includes a team of Formula 1 and several other technology companies. The owners of the McLaren Technology control 80 per cent of McLaren Automotive. Cost sports cars McLaren is estimated at one million dollars. In 2015, the company issued 1654 car, revenues amounted to 450 million pounds.
