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Apple reportedly in discussions to buy sports car manufacturer McLaren
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http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/...cturer-mclaren
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Zero chance this happens in my opinion. Apple already has a ton of haters and if they buy McLaren and attach their name to a car that only the one percenters can afford they would get lynched from a PR perspective.
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And do we really need Apple to control more of the market? Apple should stick to consumer electronics but they fall under their own weight. |
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Can't wait for that Apple 675LT in rose gold
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These are all technology companies: not consumer electronics companies, web sales companies, car companies, what have you. Technology is everywhere, and is increasingly applied everywhere. In that respect, Apple has every right and every reason to have an interest in McLaren -- -- which, fundamentally, is also a technology company that happens to specialize in a certain car segment. Gee: sound familiar? (Tesla). Apple could very easily buy the company to leverage its tech and future tech (as well as its intellectual talent) but allow it to maintain its current spot in the marketplace. Isn't that basically what, say, Fiat does with Ferrari? Facebook does with Instagram? Alphabet/Google does with YouTube?
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McLaren already shot down the rumor.
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It will happen, whether it's McLaren or one of the other two manufacturers they're talking to. |
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It actually makes sense. Mclaren provides ECU's for all the f1 teams and I think a few other series as well. That's what Apple wants, not the supercars or the F1 team, they want the technical know how from the best ECU engineers in the world.
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If Apple does end up buying McLaren, it'd be interesting to see them do a pitstop without a jack.
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Then they should be buying Bosche.
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Ha! I like it!
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