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sentences: The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Technology Group Ltd and all of its companies, located on a 500,000 m² site in Woking, Surrey, England.
 The complex consists of four buildings, two of which are open.
 The main building is the McLaren Technology Centre (Home of McLaren Group).
 The others are The McLaren Production Centre (Home of McLaren Automotive), the McLaren-GSK Centre for Applied Performance (Home of McLaren-GSK Partnership) and the McLaren Centre for Applied Technologies (Home of McLaren Applied Technologies).
The McLaren MP4/5 and its derived sister model the McLaren MP4/5B were Formula One racing cars designed by the McLaren Formula One team based in Woking, England.
 The MP4/5 was loosely based on its predecessor, the all-conquering MP4/4.
 McLaren used the new car for half of the season using the Weismann Longitudinal Transmission from the MP4/4, and the MP4/5B with the Weismann Transverse Transmission for the last half of the 1989 season and for , earning back to back drivers' and constructors' world titles with the type.
 The car was designed by American engineer Steve Nichols who previously had designed both of its turbocharged predecessors, the MP4/3, which was an all-new design for McLaren by Nichols, as well as its highly successful MP4/4 the following year/season.
McLaren Racing Limited, competing as McLaren Honda, is a British Formula One team based at the McLaren Technology Centre, Woking, Surrey, England.
 McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in and won the Indianapolis 500 and the Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am).
 The team is the second oldest active team after Ferrari.
 They are one of the most successful teams in Formula One history, having won 182 races, 12 drivers' championships and eight constructors' championships.
 The team is a wholly owned subsidiary of McLaren Technology Group.
McLaren Automotive (often simply McLaren) is a British automaker founded by Bruce McLaren and is based at the McLaren Technology Campus in Woking, Surrey.
 It produces and manufactures sports and luxury cars, usually produced in-house at designated production facilities.
 In July 2017, McLaren Automotive became 100% owned by the wider McLaren Technology Group.
The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren (C199 / R199 / Z199) is a grand tourer car jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Automotive, built in Portsmouth and the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England and sold from 2003 to 2010.
 When it was developed, German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz owned 40 percent of the McLaren Group.
Ford Motor Company is an American automaker and the world's fifth largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales.
 Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the automaker was founded by Henry Ford, on June 16, 1903.
 Ford Motor Company would go on to become one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, as well as being one of the few to survive the Great Depression.
 The largest family-controlled company in the world, the Ford Motor Company has been in continuous family control for over 110 years.
 Ford now encompasses two brands: Ford and Lincoln.
 Ford once owned 5 other luxury brands: Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Mercury.
 Over time, those brands were sold to other companies and Mercury was discontinued.
The McLaren MP4-12C, later known simply as the McLaren 12C, is a sports car designed and manufactured by McLaren Automotive.
 It is the first production car wholly designed and built by McLaren since the McLaren F1, which ended production in 1998.
 The car's final design was unveiled in September 2009, and was launched in mid-2011.
The Gemballa MP4-12C is a supercar tuned by Gemballa.
 It is a tuned version of the McLaren 12C.
The McLaren Group is a British conglomerate based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom.
 Founded by Ron Dennis shortly after his acquisition of the McLaren Formula One team in 1981, it was originally named the TAG McLaren Group due to a partnership with Mansour Ojjeh's TAG Group.
 It was renamed to simply the McLaren Group in 2003, then to McLaren Technology Group in 2015, before reverting back to McLaren Group in 2017.
 The group was originally formed from a Formula One team established by New Zealander Bruce McLaren in 1963 and is now focused around the McLaren Honda Formula One Racing Team, the group's second most profitable company.
The McLaren MP4-27 was a Formula One racing car designed by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for the 2012 Formula One season.
 The car was driven by former World Champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.
 It was launched on 1 February at the McLaren team base in Woking, Surrey, ahead of the first winter test sessions at Jerez de la Frontera.
 This was the last McLaren car that Lewis Hamilton drove for the team, as he moved to the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team in 2013.
 s of May 2017 , it is also the last car made by McLaren to achieve a race victory.

Question: Question: McLaren 12C was designed by which automaker based in Woking, Surrey? 

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 The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Technology Group Ltd and all of its companies, located on a 500,000 m² site in Woking, Surrey, England.
 The complex consists of four buildings, two of which are open.
 The main building is the McLaren Technology Centre (Home of McLaren Group).
 The others are The McLaren Production Centre (Home of McLaren Automotive), the McLaren-GSK Centre for Applied Performance (Home of McLaren-GSK Partnership) and the McLaren Centre for Applied Technologies (Home of McLaren Applied Technologies). 

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 McLaren Racing Limited, competing as McLaren Honda, is a British Formula One team based at the McLaren Technology Centre, Woking, Surrey, England.
 McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in and won the Indianapolis 500 and the Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am).
 The team is the second oldest active team after Ferrari.
 They are one of the most successful teams in Formula One history, having won 182 races, 12 drivers' championships and eight constructors' championships.
 The team is a wholly owned subsidiary of McLaren Technology Group. 

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 McLaren Automotive (often simply McLaren) is a British automaker founded by Bruce McLaren and is based at the McLaren Technology Campus in Woking, Surrey.
 It produces and manufactures sports and luxury cars, usually produced in-house at designated production facilities.
 In July 2017, McLaren Automotive became 100% owned by the wider McLaren Technology Group. 

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 Ford Motor Company is an American automaker and the world's fifth largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales.
 Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the automaker was founded by Henry Ford, on June 16, 1903.
 Ford Motor Company would go on to become one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, as well as being one of the few to survive the Great Depression.
 The largest family-controlled company in the world, the Ford Motor Company has been in continuous family control for over 110 years.
 Ford now encompasses two brands: Ford and Lincoln.
 Ford once owned 5 other luxury brands: Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Mercury.
 Over time, those brands were sold to other companies and Mercury was discontinued. 

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 The McLaren MP4-12C, later known simply as the McLaren 12C, is a sports car designed and manufactured by McLaren Automotive.
 It is the first production car wholly designed and built by McLaren since the McLaren F1, which ended production in 1998.
 The car's final design was unveiled in September 2009, and was launched in mid-2011. 

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 The Gemballa MP4-12C is a supercar tuned by Gemballa.
 It is a tuned version of the McLaren 12C. 

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 The McLaren Group is a British conglomerate based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom.
 Founded by Ron Dennis shortly after his acquisition of the McLaren Formula One team in 1981, it was originally named the TAG McLaren Group due to a partnership with Mansour Ojjeh's TAG Group.
 It was renamed to simply the McLaren Group in 2003, then to McLaren Technology Group in 2015, before reverting back to McLaren Group in 2017.
 The group was originally formed from a Formula One team established by New Zealander Bruce McLaren in 1963 and is now focused around the McLaren Honda Formula One Racing Team, the group's second most profitable company. 

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 The McLaren MP4-27 was a Formula One racing car designed by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for the 2012 Formula One season.
 The car was driven by former World Champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.
 It was launched on 1 February at the McLaren team base in Woking, Surrey, ahead of the first winter test sessions at Jerez de la Frontera.
 This was the last McLaren car that Lewis Hamilton drove for the team, as he moved to the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team in 2013.
 s of May 2017 , it is also the last car made by McLaren to achieve a race victory. 

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Answer: McLaren Automotive