{"id":19138,"date":"2022-04-04T10:28:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=19138"},"modified":"2022-04-04T10:28:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:28:17","slug":"bmw-mclaren-electric-sports-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=19138","title":{"rendered":"Rumor: BMW and McLaren Could Develop an Electric Sports Car Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW and McLaren could be working together once again, decades after developing the most iconic supercar of all time together \u2014 the McLaren F1<\/a>. According to this new report from Automotive News Europe<\/a>, McLaren and BMW are in talks to develop a joint electric sports car architecture.\u00a0Back in the early \u201900s, BMW\u2019s Paul Rosche<\/a> was the only man willing to take the the Gordon Murray\u2019s \u2014 the godfather of the F1 \u2014 challenge to make a naturally-aspirated V12 that made more than 100 horsepower per liter. It was a glorious engine that\u2019s since been considered the greatest internal combustion engine of all time. Though, it might soon be unseated by Murray\u2019s upcoming project, with an engine from Cosworth. This time, though, BMW wouldn\u2019t just be making an engine for McLaren.<\/p>\n

Instead, the two brands have reportedly been in talks about building an entire architecture together for an upcoming electric sports car or maybe more than one. It\u2019s unclear if the brands are working on a single sports car like the McLaren F1, a single chassis that could spawn a sports car from each brand like the BMW Z4\/Toyota Supra, or a flexible architecture that could be used for several different cars. All that\u2019s been said so far is that the two brands have been discussing partnering on an EV architecture. The news have yet to be confirmed by BMW and previous reports were quickly dismissed by the company.<\/p>\n