A karshen watan Satumba, jaridar Financial Times ta ruwaito cewa Apple na duba yiwuwar mallakar wani bangare na kamfanin kera motocin kirar Formula 1 na kasar Faransa, McLaren, don mallakar shi kwata-kwata ko kuma kawai sa hannun jarin kowannensu a yayin kaddamar da kamfanin na Apple Car. kamar yadda duka The New York Times da Bloomberg suka yi iƙirarin cewa Apple ya dade yana tattaunawa da kamfanin na Burtaniya kuma cewa a maimakon siyan shi, kamfanin dake Cupertino zai samar da babban jari maimakon siyan shi, tunda farashin kasuwar kamfanin zai wuce da niyyar Apple a bangaren motoci.
Bayan 'yan makonni, Apple ya yi watsi da aikin ƙaddamar da motarsa, aikin da aka tilasta shi shanyewar jiki saboda ci gaba da matsalolin da nake ci gaba da fuskanta iri ɗaya, matsalolin da tuni wasu manajojin kamfanin motoci suka yiwa kamfanin gargaɗi.
Watanni biyu bayan haka, shugaban kamfanin ya fada a wata hira da ya yi da kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters cewa McLaren Automotive yana cikin tattaunawa da Apple amma basu ci gaba ba game da tabbatacciyar shawara. Bugu da kari, ya kuma yi watsi da duk wani yunkurin sayan da Apple.
Lokacin da jita-jitar yiwuwar hadin gwiwa tsakanin kamfanonin biyu ya fara yaduwa, Kakakin McLaren ya yi ikirarin cewa ba sa tattaunawa da Apple. Dan jaridar da ya fitar da wannan labarin, ya tabbatar da cewa maganganun na McLaren ba gaskiya bane kuma dukkanin kamfanonin biyu sun zauna a teburi daya fiye da sau daya domin kokarin cimma yarjejeniyar da zata gamsar da bangarorin biyu.
McLaren na kera motoci 1.654 kowace shekara, manyan motocin wasanni masu kama da fasali na Formula 1. Wadannan motocin ana biyan su dala miliyan 1 kowannensu. Babban jami’in kamfanin Apple, Phil Schiller, ya bayyana a lokuta da dama cewa motocinsa sun hada da McLaren.
