Two decades after Porsche broke the mould, Woking is surrendering to the lucrative super-utility formula.
For years, the executive suite at Woking treated the high-performance sport utility vehicle like an existential threat to its purist carbon-tub heritage.
Now, McLaren is preparing to join Ferrari, Lotus, and Aston Martin in the bespoke performance utility arena.
The blueprint, of course, was drawn in Zuffenhausen at the turn of the millennium.
Two decades after Porsche broke the mould, Woking is surrendering to the lucrative super-utility formula.