A McLaren with more than two seats – potentially the British performance car brand’s first SUV – could be in showrooms by 2030 according to its CEO Nick Collins. 

Speaking to British publication Car, Mr Collins – who became the chief of McLaren’s auto business in April after working for Ford and Aston Martin – said the brand will develop a more diverse portfolio of models as it looks to recover from losing almost £1 billion ($A2.04bn) in 2023. 

“We know – give or take 10 per cent – everything we’ll do through 2030, and we have a design model of everything,” the McLaren boss told Car.

“There will be more of what we’ve always done, but even better, and then entry to some adjacent segments.

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“You’ll definitely see something with more than two seats, but that still leaves us in quite a wide territory,” Mr Collins said.

That may include the first McLaren SUV, something its more profitable rivals – including Ferrari, Aston Martin and Lamborghini – already have in the form of relatively high-volume models alongside their traditional sports cars. 

In fact, Lamborghini posted a record global sales result in 2024 thanks largely to the Urus, and McLaren is keen to replicate that kind of success, potentially with the help of an SUV like the Urus.