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About This Car
The final word on a platform that started life as the 720S: McLaren's most extreme High Sport variant, built by McLaren Special Operations
Three names, one bloodline. The 720S launched it, the 765LT stripped it down further, the 750S refined the whole platform, and the 788HS is where McLaren closes the chapter for good. Built by McLaren Special Operations and named for its output, 788 metric horsepower from a reworked twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8, this is the most extreme version of McLaren's second-generation supercar architecture, and the last one that will wear it.
Low-inertia twin-scroll turbochargers, two individual fuel pumps and forged pistons account for the power gain over the 750S, but the real story is aerodynamics. A bespoke front splitter, an S-duct cut through the bonnet, a functional roof scoop and a swan-neck-style rear treatment all work together to generate meaningfully more downforce than the 765LT before it, McLaren backing the claim with its own F1 wind tunnel data rather than marketing shorthand. Despite all the added bodywork, McLaren shaved 12 kg off the 750S, landing at a claimed dry weight of 1,265 kg.
The badge, HS for High Sport, has only appeared twice before in McLaren's history. The 788HS earns the third and, for now, the last.