The McLaren MP4-12C is a mid-engined sports car from McLaren that was designed to compete with the Ferrari 458 Italia. 'MP4' stands for McLaren Project 4, a codename that has been used in McLaren's F1 cars since Project 4 Racing team that was run by the current McLaren CEO Ron Dennis merged with McLaren. '12' is the internal performance rank of the car in the company and 'C' is the abbreviation for Carbonfibre-MonoCell.