HAMBURG — Audi’s supervisory board will explore on Wednesday means for the enterprise to enter Components A single, like by using feasible partnership with McLaren Automotive, two resources advised Reuters on Tuesday, adding no decision has yet been manufactured.
The board of Volkswagen, which owns Audi, talked over the make any difference of finding a foot into the Components A single market place at a meeting last week, said two resources who declined to be named.
Audi CEO Markus Duesmann and Porsche CEO Oliver Blume were being acknowledged as “ardent enthusiasts of Components A single”, 1 source said.
McLaren Automotive on Monday denied a report that Audi experienced acquired the British luxurious sportscar maker, but left the door open up to technological collaboration “with applicable associates and suppliers.”
A spokesperson for Audi advised Reuters it was “wanting at numerous cooperation strategies” but did not verify whether it was discussing a feasible sale with McLaren.
Buying the carmaker would set a next supercar in Audi’s guides alongside Lamborghini, which it has owned considering that 1998.
German publication Automobilwoche documented on Sunday that Audi was especially intrigued in the Components one division.
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