Engineering & engine firm
Britain’s classic cars were shaped by people as much as by factories. These are the designers, engineers, coachbuilders and design studios behind them, from Alec Issigonis and William Lyons to Vanden Plas and Pininfarina. Each page covers their career, notable designs and the places they worked, and links through to the marques they built for.
Cosworth
Cosworth was founded in London in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth, both ex-Lotus, and its name is a blend of their surnames. Best known for the…
Coventry Climax
Coventry Climax built engines for light cars, fire pumps, forklifts and Formula One. Its FW lightweight overhead-cam engine powered Cooper and Lotus to world championships, and the Lotus…
Ricardo
Ricardo, founded by Sir Harry Ricardo in 1915 as Engine Patents Limited, is an engineering consultancy at Shoreham-by-Sea. It designed the engine for the Mark V tank and…