The first information about the absorption McLaren American Corporation launched the newspaper Financial Times, citing three independent from each other sources.
McLaren have already evaluated (from 1.2 to 1.75 billion euros), and even to name the amount, which will result in the transaction — 1.9 billion dollars.
Apple can afford such a purchase (in 2013 the high-tech giant has acquired over $ 3 billion manufacturer of headphones Beats Electronics).
With regard to representatives of the British brand, they are actively trying to distance itself from it: «The nature of our work involves regular confidential discussions with a wide range of interlocutors, but we prefer to keep it a secret. However, McLaren does not conduct negotiations with Apple in relation to any potential investment... »
With regard to representatives of the British brand, they are actively trying to distance itself from it: «The nature of our work involves regular confidential discussions with a wide range of interlocutors, but we prefer to keep it a secret. However, McLaren does not conduct negotiations with Apple in relation to any potential investment... »
Perhaps, Apple interest due to the fact that the American corporation is not very advanced in the development of your own car. The matter came to a halt at the level of the domain name registration under this project — apple.car and apple.auto. Accordingly, the technological potential of the British manufacturer, along with its patents would hit very handy.
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