McLaren has made it official: its next series supercar is called the McL 820, it makes 820 PS (about 809 hp), and it arrives in 2027 as the effective replacement for the 750S. The name first showed up on a giant kiwi statue in London. There are still no photos of the car, no engine details and no price.
McLaren confirmed on Oct 30, 2026 that its next series-production supercar will be called the McL 820, that the number stands for its 820 PS output (about 809 hp), and that it is coming in 2027. Further details, McLaren says, will follow next year (Car and Driver, Automotive World). The confirmation came a day after a giant papaya-and-black kiwi statue appeared in London's Covent Garden on a McLaren plinth with McL 820 on its side, which Autocar spotted first. Why a kiwi? McLaren's founder, Bruce McLaren, was a New Zealander, and he used the bird as his race team's emblem.
So the name is no longer a guess. At about 809 hp, the McL 820 would be the most powerful regular-production McLaren yet, 69 hp up on the 750S, which ends production in 2027. What McLaren still hasn't shown is the car itself: no photos, no engine details and no price. Below, we separate what McLaren has said from what's being reported.
McLaren's statement doesn't actually use the words "750S replacement", and Autoblog points that out. But nearly every outlet reads it that way: Car and Driver calls it the 750S successor, evo says it is "a series production replacement for the 750S", and Auto Express calls it the car that will "effectively replace" the 750S. With the 750S ending in 2027 and the McL 820 arriving the same year, we agree.
On the engine, nothing is official. Autocar says the McL 820 will use one of two new hybrid powertrains that McLaren is developing and building in-house for the first time, and calls it "likely" V8-based. It quotes chief operating officer Michael Straughan saying the new engines are "obviously going to start with the current V8 products or the future generation of that". evo expects a development of the W1's 4.0-liter twin-turbo hybrid V8, based on what McLaren told it in 2025, and Auto Express also says McLaren is now taking engine design in-house after years of working with Ricardo. Autocar adds that the new car arrives around the time the Artura and GTS wind down, with no gap in production.
A different story comes from McLaren dealers. In September, Automotive News reported on a private dealer briefing, carried by Car and Driver and Road & Track, about a separate mid-engine hybrid coupe codenamed P34. Dealers described a twin-turbo V6 hybrid making about 810 hp and about 800 lb-ft, positioned between the Artura and the 750S, starting around $315,000, with about 1,000 cars in the first year and deliveries expected in late summer 2027. The power figure is close to the McL 820's, but the V6 and the price point don't match what Autocar and evo expect, so it's not clear whether P34 is the McL 820 or a second car. McLaren told Road & Track it couldn't comment on speculation.
McLaren names its cars after their output in metric horsepower (PS): the 720S had 720 PS (710 hp), the 750S has 750 PS (740 hp) and the 788HS has 788 PS (777 hp). McLaren has now confirmed 820 PS for the McL 820, which works out to about 809 hp. That's a 69 hp jump over the 750S, almost 100 hp over the original 720S, and more than the limited Senna (789 hp) or Elva (804 hp) made.
The McL 820 continues McLaren's steady climb: each core supercar has added power over the last, and this is the biggest step yet.
For context, 809 hp puts the McL 820 right among its rivals rather than ahead of them. The Ferrari 296 GTB and 12Cilindri are both rated at 819 hp, the Aston Martin Vanquish at 824 hp, and the hybrid V8 Lamborghini Temerario at 907 hp.
McLaren hasn't announced a price. The 2026 750S coupe starts at $359,600 (Edmunds), and a more powerful replacement should start above that.
Our October 29 snapshot of McLaren listings in the US and Canada gives a price level for the car being replaced:
These are asking prices, not sold prices, and they're a single day's snapshot, not a trend. Most 750S cars listed are close to new, with only a few hundred miles, so the middle asking price sits above the base sticker because these cars carry options. Our 750S coupe and 750S Spider dashboards will show how they move as the McL 820 gets closer.
The tease worked, and the confirmation settles the basics. Putting "McL" on a core model shows the 6GT naming wasn't a one-off, and 820 PS gives the McL 820 a clear power lead over the 750S. What McLaren hasn't said is more telling: by holding back the engine, the look and the price until 2027, it keeps the attention on the name for now.
The engine is still the real story to watch. McLaren has said on the record that the W1's hybrid V8 will reach its next supercars. Dealers were told about a V6 hybrid at a similar power. Both may be true across two models. For a 750S replacement, a V8 is what most buyers will want to hear, and it's the question McLaren will need to answer at the reveal.
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