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Segundo os entendidos está descoberto o novo 250GTO do mundo automóvel, nos últimos 3 anos os valores do F1 duplicaram e aparentemente a partir daqui vai ser sempre a subir

Esta semana vendeu-se um F1 por 10.5 milhões de dólares e segundo as grandes casas leiloeiras mundiais especializadas neste tipo de negócios já é quase impossível encontrar F1 para quem os quer comprar (e aparentemente como investimento muitos querem), quem os tem não vende

Aparentemente vários proprietários já recusaram valores em torno dos 12 milhões de dólares


This McLaren F1 Sold For $10.5 Million

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McLaren 650S by McLaren Special Operations

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McLaren plans more models, more dealers, higher margins - Autonews

McLaren Automotive turned a profit in 2013 – which was ahead of schedule – and plans to remain in the black while aggressively adding models and dealers over the next three years.

Beyond that the supercar maker’s “dream” is to achieve profit margins closer to those of rivals Ferrari or Porsche within five years, CEO Mike Flewitt told Automotive News Europe.

The niche brand's success comes just three year after the carmaking arm of Formula One’s McLaren Group was formed. Without being specific, Flewitt said the Woking, England-based company made a “few million pounds” in operating profit last year. “The plan was only to break even in 2013,” he said.
News of the positive results has given shareholders confidence the bold idea to start a UK-based supercar maker in the midst of a deep and long European auto recession is working, Flewitt said.

It also proves that the company can be successful away from its former partner, Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz.
McLaren Group chairman and F1 team figurehead Ron Dennis took a big gamble late last decade when he persuaded shareholders to invest in a new company dedicated to making supercars.

Unlike the SLR McLaren that the company built for Mercedes between 2003 and 2009, the new automaker would operate without the backing of any major manufacturer, which some experts believe leaves it vulnerable.

“It is often the case that highly specialist carmakers benefit from being part of a larger automotive group, not least because development costs tend to be high and so being able to tap into research elsewhere in the company is a big advantage,” Jonathon Poskitt, head of European sales forecasting at LMC Automotive, told Automotive News Europe.

Previous success
McLaren had previously created a supercar on its own, but the firm only made 107 of the critically acclaimed F1, which was launched in 1994. By contrast, McLaren Automotive last year sold “about 1,400” units of its debut model, the 12C, which arrived in 2011, and the limited-edition P1 hybrid hypercar that went on sale last year, Flewitt said.
The plan is to boost volume to 3,500 to 4,000 cars a year by 2016, the CEO said. By comparison, rival Ferrari sold 6,922 cars last year.

To reach its goal, Flewitt said McLaren next year will launch its most affordable supercar, which will start at about 120,000 pounds (146,000 euros) and sit below the newly launched 195,250 pound 650S, which replaced the 12C.

Separately, a company spokesman confirmed McLaren will launch a fourth supercar, which will fit in above the 650S and below the 866,000 pound P1.
The new car is due in 2016, which would help Flewitt keep achieve his stated aim of launching an all-new car or variant every year up through 2019.

Sharing technology

Flewitt said McLaren Automotive spent 70 million pounds last year to develop new models, up from 68 million pounds in 2012 and 67 million pounds the year before that.
Like bigger automakers, McLaren saves by sharing technology between models. The new, entry-level car due next year, dubbed the P13 internally, will use a variation of the carbon fiber tub chassis that’s also at the heart of the 650S and the P1, Flewitt said. The new car also is expected to use a less powerful version of the turbocharged 3.8-liter V-8 found in the current lineup.

The extra volume created by adding the P13 will help spread costs. “You actually make a smaller margin on that car,” Flewitt said, “but a larger margin on the 650S because some of the overhead is shared across a greater volume.”

LMC’s Poskitt believes that McLaren Automotive’s ability to tap into the parent group’s F1 specialist knowledge in areas such as carbon fiber construction will keep a lid on costs.

No SUVs, more stores

So far the company has ruled out making SUVs or building sports cars with two small seats in the rear as Porsche has with the 911.
In addition, the company will add another 20 dealerships this year, raising its global total to 70. The next target is 100 dealerships by 2016, Chief Financial Officer Richard Molyneaux told Automotive News Europe. Like Flewitt, who was Ford of Europe’s head of manufacturing before joining McLaren in 2012, Molyneaux has experience managing costs at a volume automaker from his time as Opel/Vauxhall’s finance director of product development and purchasing.

Between them the two executives are realistic about the chances of achieving profit margins to match those of Ferrari or Porsche. Ferrari’s operating margin last year was 15.6 percent while Porsche’s return on sales was 18 percent.

“Our absolute dream would be a 10 percent return on sales,” he said. When pushed on when McLaren could achieve that, he laughed and said: “Come back in five years and ask me.”

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Multi-million-dollar McLaren F1 supercar wrecked in Italy - Road & Track



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Honda podría acabar comprando un cachito de McLaren

El problema de poner las acciones de tu empresa en manos de emiratos árabes es que juegas con el riesgo de que éstos se cansen de ti y busquen una salida rápida de su implicación. Baréin gestiona fondos estatales a través de un fondo de inversiones denominado Mumtalak. En 2007, Mumtalak se hizo con el 40% de McLaren, como inversión de futuro, a través de la compra de acciones a Ron Dennis y Mansour Ojjeh, que se quedaron con un 15% cada uno. El resto de la compañía era propiedad por entonces de Daimler.

Pero tras la salida del accionariado de Daimler, el resto de accionistas se repartieron las acciones liberadas, y Mumtalak alcanzó así el 50% de la propiedad de la compañía. El problema es que ahora Mumtalak quiere salirse de McLaren. No hay nada oficial sobre esto, pero parece que Baréin busca capitalizar ahora la inversión realizada, cuando la rama de automóviles empieza a ser rentable y Honda asoma como nuevo proveedor de motores para la próxima temporada de F1.

SpeedWeek se encontró con que Ron Dennis y David Cameron, nada menos, estaban tanteando contactos en China semanas atrás, en busca de un inversor interesado en quedarse con el 50% de McLaren, pero parece que la solución no va a venir del gigante asiático.

Pero la misma publicación cuenta que la cosa puede ir por otros derroteros. Y es que Honda podría estar valorando una inversión para hacerse con el accionariado de McLaren que actualmente está en manos del fondo de inversiones árabe.

De esta manera, Honda podría controlar de manera más intensiva el equipo de carreras, al tiempo que McLaren encontraría un socio industrial de enormes proporciones para reforzar sus capacidades en la fabricación de automóviles. Conviene recordar que Honda está en una posición económica envidiable, libre de deuda prácticamente, y es el mayor fabricante de motores del planeta.

¿Pero de verdad los japoneses van a comprar a los británicos? Hemos visto en muchas otras ocasiones tonteos de este tipo, desde Toyota con Lotus u Honda con Rover, hasta Toyota con Aston Martin, sin que nada se llegar a concretar. Los nipones son muy conservadores y racionales, y estas aventuras al otro lado del planeta parecen no terminar de convencerles.

La operación podría saldarse en más de 500 millones de dólares, si se acaba realizando. Hagan sus apuestas.

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Mais rumores que a Honda vai adquirir parte da McLaren e nascer um novo projecto para Le Mans já em 2015.

Honda to buy into McLaren? > F1 News > Grandprix.com

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McLaren informa: Honda no tiene intención de comprarnos

Si esta mañana arrancábamos con la noticia del supuesto interés de Honda por tomar parte del accionariado de McLaren, ahora que Baréin quiere salirse de él, no hemos tardado muchas horas en recibir un comunicado oficial, "algo aclaratorio" aunque para nada definitivo.

McLaren ha dicho, oficialmente, que "no están al tanto de que Honda quiera adquirir la compañía", y ha agregado que les ha informado que "no tiene intención de ello". Claro que, ¿qué otra respuesta podían dar? La situación es peliaguda para Ron Dennis, que tiene que buscar nuevos inversores para facilitar la salida de los que ya no quieren serlo, y pueden acabar suponiendo un lastre para la positiva evolución de la compañía.

Probablemente Honda no hará una declaración oficial al respecto. Pero conociendo cómo funciona internamente la compañía, nos extrañaría que la firma se jugase su dinero a invertir en los de Woking... A fin de cuentas no quieren ni pedir dinero prestado para invertir en I+D para mantenerse "libres de deudas"

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Alguns pormenores do 650S

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[Goodwood 2014] - McLaren MSO 650S Spyder - Edição Limitada a 50 Unidades

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[Goodwood 2014] - McLaren 650S GT3

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