McLaren has filed to trademark three names that could be used in future models from the British automaker.
The names Solus, Aeron, and Aonic were recently trademarked through the UK Intellectual Property Office under class 12 for motor land vehicles or cars, parts, and accessories, CarBuzz notes. Of course, there’s no way of knowing whether these names will actually be used by future production models from McLaren.
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What is clear is that McLaren is moving away from the alphanumeric nomenclature that it has been using. It started this trend with the Senna and since its launch, all of McLaren’s Ultimate Series models have used names. The new Artura also has a proper name, unlike the host of models within the Sports Series family that included the 540C, 570S, 570GT, 600LT, and 620R.
If the Solus, Aeron, and Aonic names are used by McLaren, they could be used by limited-edition models in the vein of the Sabre, or perhaps used on full-scale production models, such as the eventual successor to the 720S. One thing we can say for sure is that we won’t see a rival to the Lamborghini Urus dubbed either the Solus, Aeron, or Aonic as McLaren has made it clear that it has absolutely no interest in venturing into the world of SUVs.
For now, the British automaker is focusing on the launch of the hybrid Artura. The first deliveries of the new hybrid supercar in the United States had originally been penciled in for June but have been delayed.
