McLaren Automotive recently launched the McLaren MP4-12C as the first in a range of its high-performance sports cars. The 12C, and future models within the range, will challenge the world's best sports cars, benefiting from the expertise and virtuosity of the McLaren Group. Twenty years of sports car design, engineering and production combined with inspirational success in Formula 1 have driven Ron Dennis, McLaren Automotive chairman, to announce his plans for the ultimate line-up of technology-led and customer-focused performance cars for the 21st century. The rules in the sportscar world are about to be re-written. McLaren Automotive is based at the McLaren Technology Center in Woking, England.