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Engineering & engine firm

  • Cosworth

    Engineering & engine firm founded 1958

    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

    Engineering & engine firm founded 1903

    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

    Engineering & engine firm founded 1915

    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…