• McLaren has now confirmed that its next supercar will be called the McL 820.
  • While we have very few details about the successor to the 750S, McLaren says “820” represents its metric horsepower, which converts to 809 mechanical hp.
  • The new supercar will be revealed and go on sale sometime next year, and it’ll debut a new naming convention that starts with “McL.”

Earlier this month, McLaren told the world that the 750S supercar will end production sometime next year. Naturally, we wondered what will come next. While there’s still a lot we have to learn, McLaren today confirmed the name of the successor to the 750S as well as its horsepower rating.

The McL 820 will be McLaren’s next supercar. The name was initially teased on a giant kiwi statue (pictured below) that the automaker unveiled in central London, with its body wearing a camouflage wrap featuring the “McL 820” name. For anyone who is confused about why McLaren chose a flightless bird endemic to New Zealand as its mascot, the company’s founder, Bruce McLaren, is from that country and originally used the kiwi as a visual centerpiece for his racing team’s branding.

Like with McLaren’s previous model names, the numeric designation represents their output in metric horsepower (a.k.a. PS). That continues with the McL 820, with 820 PS converting to 809 mechanical horsepower. That’s a considerable uptick versus its predecessor, with the standard 750S making 740 horses. The “McL” prefix is also new for the company’s production cars, though it was previewed on the McL 6GT that was revealed during this year’s Monterey Car Week. McLaren says its next supercar will mark the start of a new naming convention that incorporates McL.

There’s obviously still a lot of mystery surrounding the forthcoming McL 820, but McLaren says that information will start to be revealed next year, with the car itself also slated to hit the streets and racetracks sometime in 2027.

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Eric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a journalism degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual '97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a '90 Honda CRX Si.