Supercar Summer 2026: Ferrari's Sold-Out EV, McLaren's Farewell and Lamborghini's Miura Tribute

Sold-out electric Ferraris, a 777bhp farewell from McLaren and a Lamborghini V12 dressed as a Miura. The summer of 2026 has been the most consequential three months the supercar world has seen in a decade — and every headline points to the same conclusion.

Ferrari's first EV sold out — and the argument ended overnight

The Ferrari Luce arrived to the loudest purist backlash in Maranello's modern history. A fully electric Ferrari, the argument ran, was a contradiction: no crescendo, no cam-cover theatre, no reason to exist. At the end of July 2026, reports confirmed the Luce had sold out entirely, following allocation closures in China that happened within days of the reveal.

That matters far beyond Ferrari. It is the clearest signal yet that the people who actually write the cheques at this level are not waiting for the enthusiast internet to reach consensus. They are buying the newest, rarest and most technically advanced thing on offer — as they always have. Lamborghini and McLaren, both of whom have approached electrification cautiously, now have a market data point they cannot ignore.

For our clients, the practical effect is simple: an electric flagship is no longer a curiosity to be tolerated, it is a status object in its own right. We already see it with the Rolls-Royce Spectre in our own fleet, where silence has become the most requested feature for chauffeur-driven London work.

McLaren 788HS: the last pure-combustion Super Series

At the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed, McLaren revealed the 788HS — the final evolution of the platform that began with the 720S in 2017 and produced the 765LT and 750S along the way. The numbers are deliberately valedictory: 777bhp, a dry weight of 1,265kg, exposed carbon-fibre bodywork, and production capped at 200 cars worldwide.

A car like this is not built to win a specification comparison. It is built to close a chapter. When a manufacturer publicly labels a model the last of its kind, the secondary market responds immediately, and so does demand for the cars that came before it. We have already noticed renewed interest in the 750S and 765LT from self-drive clients who want the analogue-adjacent McLaren experience before it is gone.

More intriguing still are the persistent reports that McLaren is preparing its first manual road car in almost thirty years — following Ferrari's own surprise return to three pedals. Two years ago, that would have read as fantasy. In 2026, it reads as strategy: as the mainstream of the market electrifies, the tactile, mechanical experience becomes the scarce commodity.

Lamborghini's Revuelto Miura 60° Homage

Sixty years after the Miura invented the mid-engined supercar, Lamborghini used Monterey Car Week in early August 2026 to unveil the Revuelto Miura 60° Homage — limited to 99 units, built by the Ad Personam division, with nine exterior colours drawn from the original car's palette, retro-inspired seats and a 1,001bhp plug-in hybrid V12 beneath it all.

It is a neat summary of where Sant'Agata stands: the V12 survives, but only with electrification bolted to it, and the emotional pitch has shifted from raw performance to heritage. When 1,001bhp is table stakes, the story becomes the product.

What all of this means if you're hiring a supercar in London

• Limited-run cars are getting harder to drive. A 200-car McLaren or a 99-car Lamborghini will almost never appear on a rental fleet. Experiencing the current generation — the Revuelto, the 750S, the Purosangue, the SF90 — is increasingly the only realistic way to drive these engines at all.
• Hybrid V12s and V8s are the new normal. Every headline car of this summer is either electrified or explicitly a farewell. The pure-combustion supercar is now a finite resource, not a default.
• London rewards the newest cars. Plug-in hybrids and EVs move through the city's emissions and charging framework far more easily than a decade-old naturally-aspirated car — which is why our fleet is continually refreshed rather than held.

Our view from the garage

The past three months confirmed something we have been telling clients all year: the supercar is splitting into two distinct objects. One is the effortless, silent, technologically dominant flagship — the Luce, the Spectre, whatever Lamborghini eventually launches above the Lanzador. The other is the deliberately mechanical keepsake — the 788HS, the manual Ferrari, the Miura homage — produced in tiny numbers and priced accordingly.

Both are worth experiencing, and neither will feel the way it does now for very much longer. If there is a summer to book a weekend with a V12 or a twin-turbo V8 through the Cotswolds, it is this one.