McLaren Just Built the Last Car of Its Kind. It's Also the Most Powerful.
The 788HS closes out the Super Series lineage that started with the 720S in 2017, packing 788PS from a twin-turbo V8, the highest power-to-weight ratio of any Super Series McLaren yet, and a production run capped at 200 cars split evenly between coupe and Spider.
McLaren used the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed to reveal the 788HS, and the name is the spec sheet: 788PS (777 bhp) from the familiar twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8, up from the 750S's 740 PS, built by McLaren Special Operations in Woking as the send-off for the Super Series lineage that started with the 720S in 2017 and continued through the 765LT and 750S. It's only the third McLaren ever to carry the HS — High Sport — designation. McLaren is building 200 of them: 100 coupes, 100 Spiders.
At a claimed 1,265 kg dry, the 788HS works out to roughly 458 kW per tonne — McLaren says it's the highest power-to-weight ratio the Super Series platform has produced, ahead of the 765LT that previously held the internal record. McLaren quotes 0-100 km/h in 2.8 seconds and 0-200 km/h in 7.0 seconds, with a 330 km/h top speed. A reworked aerodynamic package, including a larger rear wing and revised underbody, is claimed to generate 10% more downforce than the 765LT, and the car sits 5mm lower on new forged wheels — 19-inch front, 20-inch rear — with a center-lock design that's a first for the model line.
McLaren hasn't published official US or UK pricing, and estimates circulating from outlets that have seen early customer material range from roughly $600,000 up toward seven figures once McLaren Special Operations' options list gets involved; in Australia, where local pricing has been confirmed, it lands at $1,078,800 AUD before on-road costs. Whatever the final figure, it will be McLaren's most expensive standard-production Super Series car to date.
The 788HS matters less for any single number than for what it closes out. The 720S, launched in 2017, was the car that reset McLaren's second-generation Super Series and eventually spawned the 765LT and 750S; the 788HS is McLaren's chosen final word on that architecture before whatever replaces it arrives. McLaren hasn't said what that is yet, or when the Super Series nameplate returns — only that, for now, this is as far as this particular car goes.
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