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EX-PORSCHE AND FERRARI EXEC TAKES MCLAREN HELM

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Mclaren has named ex-ferrari tech boss Michael Leiters as its CEO, replacing Mike Flewitt, who left in October 2021.

Arriving at Woking on 1 July, Leiters joins as Mclaren launches its first series-production hybrid, the Artura, and gears up to unleash its first electric car in the coming years.

Leiters was a vocal proponent of minimising kerb weight at Ferrari, especially when it came to integratin­g heavy EV tech into hybrids, but before that was Porsche’s SUV boss, responsibl­e for the Cayenne. Notably, Mclaren is one of the few supercar makers that has no SUV plans.

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German Leiters has SUV, supercar and hybrid experience

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