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In the past two years, many luxury brands have joined the SUV formation, from elegant luxury brands such as Bentley and Rolls-Royce to Lamborghini that produces supercars. Aston Martin joined in. Even Ferrari made plans in advance on the SUV not long ago. Even Bugatti has a plan to do SUV, and all kinds of rumors are rampant.

Recently, according to foreign media, McLaren officially said in an interview that the brand is not very interested in developing and manufacturing SUV models and will continue to focus on the manufacture of sports cars.

Darren Goddard, director of McLaren sports series, said: "SUV is no big deal, they are just blindly after sales, this is not pure." Since McLaren's sports cars are designed with a single carbon fiber cockpit, it will cost McLaren a lot of money to develop a new SUV platform and architecture.

"McLaren is genetically derived from the track, so it will not produce SUV," Darren Goddard said. McLaren hopes to develop a new car that is lighter, more dynamic, and more elegant, which is McLaren, so for us, the mid-engine supercar, at least for now, is most suitable for McLaren's brand. SUV does not have the characteristics of lightweight and efficiency. "

At the same time, with regard to new energy models, McLaren is also studying and considering the possibility of developing electric vehicles, weighing the pros and cons between the launch of pure electric models and driving experience, and whether to develop them, they think they should be cautious.

If the technology and customers think that the driving experience of the electric supercar is very good, it means that we should also be ready, but at present, they are not ready, and they have not specifically disclosed when they will be ready.

At present, ultra-luxury brands such as Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Ferrari have joined the production of SUV, while McLaren is more independent than other brands and can not be affected by the overall strategy of the group, and the development of new cars can be strictly in accordance with their own brand positioning.

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