This just in – McLaren Automotive has announced that Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim has made a “significant investment” in the UK sports car manufacturer. Mr Lim is the 8th richest man in Singapore according to Forbes Asia. He also operates a chain of Manchester United-themed restaurants and bars across Asia.
“Peter Lim’s track record in Asia as a highly respected business leader adds further quality to our board in this highly competitive business environment at an exciting time for the company,” said Ron Dennis, McLaren Automotive and McLaren Group executive chairman.
Wearnes Automotive is the official dealer for McLaren cars in Singapore. When the Wearnes appointment was announced in February this year, there were already rumours of Peter Lim looking to invest in McLaren, but everything was denied at that time.
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Do you think we will see more exotic cars in Asia, since more and more Asian billionaires are investing into high end production cars?
sohai!!!
Everyone is buying a piece of UK. Hahaha…
I think the biggest joke was how Tata owns Jaguar. India strikes back at UK. Just as how Proton bought into Lotus.
those mega rich people sure is bored. They already have every thing, and have to find other way to amuse them self.
eg; buy gold ship, invest in car development, buy football club etc
we on the other hand, every day fighting over which is better.. proton or perodua
haha.. it suck to be poor
If it sucks to be poor, then either work harder or try to be someone’s crony!
I don’t think it is enough just to work hard to be billionaire, you need some kind of connection to play in that league. Every billionaire is some one else cronies.
Think innovative, make innovative products and who knows sometime you may be a billionaire. If you can’t do that then invest in some innovative company.
i feel u….
So its consider as Singapore first national car?
LOL 25 years slower than Malaysia
but 25 times faster car than malaysia
Kiasu Singaporean, do you ever heard of Lotus Hennessey Venom GT?
Also 25 times more expensive. And furthermore, you wanna drive where wei? Korang punye pulau tak sampai 5cm panjang pun.
pagi2 tekan minyak dgr bunyi ekzos pun xbleh, nanti singapore authority saman sbb noise pollution :D
may be 25 yrs slower then us but the tech in the car is lightyears ahead of ours XD
Lol its proudly British :)
oh ic….so?
but is a mclaren ! haha.
BadBET says: those mega rich people sure is bored.
BORED!!! u mean BORED?? are u insane? even mega rich people found this world is not enough for them, there are so many thing to be discovered. even if u give me 1trillion dolar, its still not enough, for example car, i want a bugatti veyron ss, bugatti veyron, mclaren f1, mclaren mp4-12c, ferrari 458 italia, ferrari ff, ferrari enzo, ferrari scuderia, porsche carerra gt, merc slr, lexus lfa and many more!!! that not include property yet! in this world u will hard to say enough!! if they do bored,then why they wish to be mega rich???
did you really only read the first sentence? read my whole post and if you need explanation over a simple statement just let me know.
chill bro, why the attitude?
Viva Mclaren…
rich man always like big toys… like our tony friend, he likes airplane, F1 cars, and most recently… football..
lulzzz… malaysia got lotus, singapore now got lotus… who’s the boss now?
Invested in mclaren ..not taking over mclaren…
lulzzz malaysia got lotus, singapore now got mclaren… who’s the boss now?
Singaporean should buy a bit of KIA and a bit of SUZUKI… Merge them and make national car called…. KIASU
nice one.. i like that very much =)
haha… mmg tepat, tak dapat disangkal lagi
Sooner or later, Big Ben, London Bridge & the Princess will be for sale, Fire Sale!
It’s Karma
I’ll take the last one :P
Dibs on her sister.
does tony fernandes has the will too?
What he has accomplished is bigger than this dude :)
What he has accomplished is thanks to his crony buddies. Considering the fact that Peter Lim did not receive any preferential treatment from the Singaporean government or any other government for that matter, his accomplishment is bigger in the sense that he is a self-made billionaire, not a hand-down-by-cronies- billionaire.
Now Lim ought to apease his countrymen with a COE CAT-A friendly McLaren supercar. Laugh-out-loud!
(CAT A COEs are required to register new cars with engines 1.6-litre and smaller, hence are cheaper to buy.)