What's next for McLaren Automotive? We speak to new CEO Michael Leiters
► Former Ferrari tech chief takes over Wokinganniversary celebrations, split over three editions. Want to read more from those editions, as well as get access to more amazing content from CAR?To understand how far McLaren Automotive has come in 12 years, listen to the words of a former Ferrari chief technical officer.
McLarens are special to drive: CAR has crowned a McLaren our Sports Car of the Year four times in the past decade, once more than both Ferrari and Porsche. Core to those victories have been an agility bred from light weight and steering that feels more drilled into the road than cats’ eyes. Leiters vows to nurture both.
‘And doing it in-house brings us a cost advantage. And nobody has a technology which allows them to have this performance, with this cost. Nobody, nobody,’ he stresses. Will their common carbonfibre structure give McLaren an advantage as electrified cars increasingly add weight? ‘Two core elements of McLaren will help us in more hybridisation or electrification: weight and aerodynamics. We are very well prepared in these areas. But we have to invest and go further in electrification.’
Leiters is focused on how to compensate for the emotional loss of a high-performance engine, and managing any EV’s ‘digital’ power and torque delivery to ensure it feels natural. So will there be an electric McLaren EV this decade? ‘Yeah, it’s possible,’ he concedes. But first McLaren must be turned around. The group took action to shore up its position during Covid: separating loss-making McLaren Racing to stop its drain on Automotive, selling and leasing back the McLaren Technical Centre and drawing in £550m of funding.
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