McLaren McL 820: The 809hp 750S Successor and What McLaren Has Confirmed

The McLaren McL 820 is official, at least as a name and a number. On October 30, 2026, McLaren confirmed that its next series-production supercar will be called the McL 820, that it arrives in 2027, and that the 820 in its name is its output in metric horsepower.

That works out to about 809bhp, a clear jump from the 740bhp of the 750S it replaces. Almost everything else, including the engine, the weight, the price and even a photo of the car, is still under wraps.

Here is what McLaren has actually said, what the British press expects, and what it could mean for buyers in the UK, the US and India.

What is the McLaren McL 820?

The McLaren McL 820 is the replacement for the 750S, the brand’s core mid-engined supercar. McLaren describes it as its next series supercar, coming in 2027. The name confirms 820PS, or roughly 809bhp, which would make it the most powerful series-production McLaren yet. No images or specifications beyond that have been released.

The tease was unusual. A day before the confirmation, McLaren put a giant kiwi statue in central London, wrapped in camouflage that carried the “McL 820” lettering. The kiwi is a nod to founder Bruce McLaren, a New Zealander who used the bird as a badge for his racing team.

The 750S itself is near the end of its run. McLaren has said production ends next year and it has been taking final orders. That car traces its roots to the 720S, so the McL 820 is the first genuinely new core supercar from Woking in close to a decade.

Why is it called McL 820?

McLaren is switching to a new naming system, and the McL 820 is the first series supercar to use it. The “McL” prefix borrows from the company’s racing car names, while the number keeps McLaren’s habit of naming cars after their power in PS. So 720S meant 720PS, 750S meant 750PS, and McL 820 means 820PS.

The prefix is not entirely new. McLaren first used it on the McL 6GT, a retro-styled manual supercar shown at Monterey Car Week in August 2026. Evo reports that the 6GT is expected to join the range in 2028, so the McL 820 will reach customers first.

The car is also expected to wear the new McLaren badge the company showed earlier this year. Expect search engines to show plenty of spellings: McL 820, McL820, McLaren 820. They all point to the same car.

What will power the McL 820?

McLaren has not said. The British motoring press broadly expects a new, lightly hybridised V8. McLaren is now designing and building its own engines in-house for the first time, rather than co-developing them with an outside firm, and this car is the obvious place to launch that work.

Autocar reports that McLaren is developing two new hybrid powertrains. Chief operating officer Michael Straughan has said the new engines will “obviously” start with the current V8 products or their next generation.

Evo adds some context. In 2025, a McLaren spokesperson told the magazine that the W1 hypercar’s high-performance hybrid V8 would power the next generation of McLaren supercars. The W1 makes 1,258bhp, so a road-car version tuned to 809bhp would leave plenty of headroom for faster variants later.

Two questions remain open. First, how much weight a hybrid system adds to a car brand known for light carbon-fibre tubs. Second, whether the McL 820 keeps rear-wheel drive. Neither has been answered.

McL 820 vs 750S and rivals: how do the numbers compare?

On paper, the McL 820 moves McLaren into the same power bracket as Ferrari’s hybrid V6 296 GTB, at 809bhp against 819bhp. Autocar also compares it with the V12 Ferrari 12Cilindri and Aston Martin Vanquish, and with Lamborghini’s plug-in hybrid Temerario. Against its own predecessor, the gain is 69bhp.

The 750S already reaches 62mph in 2.8 seconds and tops out at 206mph, so expect the new car to match or beat those figures. Until McLaren publishes them, any number is a guess.

If you follow this class, our look at the two-tone Lamborghini Temerario Tettonero shows how hard its rivals are pushing on personalisation as well as power.

McL 820: confirmed vs not confirmed

When will the McL 820 arrive, and will it come to India?

McLaren says more information will be released next year, and the car is due on roads and racetracks in 2027. No reveal date has been given. UK and US pricing have not been announced, so any figure you see now is speculation rather than a quote from McLaren.

India is a realistic but unconfirmed market. McLaren launched the 750S here in January 2024 at ₹5.91 crore ex-showroom, and the Artura arrived in 2023 at ₹5.10 crore. A hybrid replacement would face import duty on top of a higher base price, so an Indian McL 820 is almost certain to cost more than the 750S did at launch.

Indian buyers in this bracket are also being courted by electric options. The Ferrari Luce’s India debut shows that Maranello sees this market as worth an early showing.

CarBike Insight Analysis

McLaren has done something smart with very little information. It has given buyers a name, a power figure and a year, and kept the internet guessing about everything else. That is a classic early-signal story: the name is new, demand will build steadily until the reveal, and the facts will arrive in stages.

The bigger story is engineering independence. Building its own hybrid V8 gives McLaren control over its future, but it also adds risk for a company that has had a turbulent few years. The first in-house engine has to be reliable from day one.

For buyers, the decision is fairly simple. If you want a 750S, the final orders window is the last chance to get McLaren’s pure-petrol V8 in this form. If you prefer the latest technology, wait for the McL 820’s full reveal in 2027 and watch the kerb weight closely. Concept cars like the Porsche Mission S show where mid-engined design is heading, but the McL 820 is a real production car.

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