I’m not in the market for a supercar. I have no room left in my garage. That’s definitely the only reason, trust me. But if I were to get one (not that I would), it would be a McLaren. I have to respect the supercar maker for largely sticking to its roots. Not only is it the only supercar brand to express no interest in making an SUV — not even a grand touring model — but it has now held fast to creating a lineup without any electric vehicles.
While McLaren’s lineup has largely been pretty predictable over the past few years, the behind-the-scenes of the carmaker was anything but. In December 2024, McLaren was sold to investment firm CYVN Holdings and then merged with an EV startup, Forseven, in April 2025. CYVN invested about $2 million into McLaren since taking over, with the goal of overhauling its current lineup. But the new vehicles are not what you’d expect.
McLaren is not doing EVs… Yet
McLaren hasn’t given us much information about the new models it’s working on, but we do know it’s not just one or two. McLaren Group Holdings CEO Nick Collins (Forseven’s former CEO) said that every new car coming in 2030 has been shown to dealers, hinting at an entirely new lineup. And we do know that none of these vehicles will be electric. Collins recently told Autocar that all these models launching in 2030 will be gas-powered. It’s possible that one of these new vehicles will be an SUV or a grand tourer — there are already rumors of an SUV — but that will come years after other supercar makers have already given in and gone mainstream.
Similarly, McLaren is holding out on EVs. Other supercar brands have been introducing electric vehicles to their lineups, likely feeling pressure when the United States was pushing for EVs to make up 50% of new-car sales by 2030. Americans were also expressing interest in EVs at that time, enticed by government incentives for buying one. However, Americans want cheap EVs, not electric supercars and luxury EVs. Porsche learned the hard way, seeing a massive decline in EV sales over the past year. The carmaker has expressed interest in pivoting back to its gas-powered sports cars, like the 911, as its focus.
Meanwhile, Lamborghini flirted with the idea of an electric supercar. The Lanzador was revealed a few years ago, but CEO Stephan Winkelmann had a change of heart since then. He recently admitted that there is not a lot of interest in an electric Lamborghini, which would sorta defeat the purpose without its loud, high-revving V12. While the idea isn’t dead — for some reason — Lamborghini isn’t clear how to make an electric supercar work for its clientele just yet.
Winkelmann said: “You don’t buy a Lamborghini because you want to move from A to B on a daily basis. You buy a Lamborghini because it’s something which is a childhood dream, or maybe because it’s the fulfilment of a life full of more work, and you want to have something which is exceeding your expectations.”
McLaren seems to feel quite similarly, so it hasn’t even considered it. CEO Collins told Autocar that its customers don’t want EVs. At least not yet. If the market demands it, Collins said that the carmaker is flexible. But right now? It doesn’t seem like there is really any desire for an electric McLaren.
Right now, McLaren’s lineup is exclusively mid-engine, two-seat supercars. It’s not doing anything else. We could find out about the dreaded “fine, here’s an SUV” in the summer, when McLaren may be revealing its new models for 2030. But McLaren may not be desperate enough quite yet. Its hybrid models seemed to do the trick, with a 3.7% sales increase in the United States last year. Come on, McLaren, you can do it. Hold out just a bit longer.
Not that this matters to me. It’s not like I want one.
