Cosworth is the British engineering company, founded in London in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth, that gave its name to one of the best known families of racing and road engines in motorsport. As a make in this atlas it stands for the Cosworth badge on engines, from the early Formula Junior and Formula Two units built on Ford blocks, through the DFV V8 that dominated Formula One, to the Champ Car, touring car and rally engines and the modern V12 built for the Aston Martin Valkyrie. Over its history the company passed from its founders to United Engineering Industries, Vickers, Audi and Ford before the Cosworth Group was formed in 2004, and it now works from Northampton in England with sites at Cottenham, Silverstone and Indianapolis. Many of its engines carried Ford badges because Ford owned the designs it paid for. Its Formula One record stands at 176 wins as an engine supplier, third behind Ferrari and Mercedes.
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Cosworth Ltd. is a British high-performance automotive engineering company
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founded in London in 1958
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Cosworth is based in Northampton, England, with facilities in Cottenham, England, Silverstone, England, and Indianapolis, US.
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Cosworth Ltd. is a British high-performance automotive engineering company
Part Of: Automobile Transport, Lead, automotive industries
specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for auto racing and mainstream automotive industries
In Group: Automobile Manufacturers, Lead, group
high-performance automotive engineering company
Has Vehicles: Cosworth SCA series, Early types and series, first Cosworth head
The first Cosworth-designed cylinder head was for SCA series
Has Vehicles: Cosworth FVA series, Early types and series, FVA
A real success was achieved with the next gear-driven double overhead camshaft (DOHC) four-valve FVA in 1966, when Cosworth, with a help from Chapman
Has Vehicles: Cosworth BDA series, The BDA series, start
Cosworth solidified its association with Ford in 1969, by developing a double overhead camshaft (DOHC) 16-valve inline four-cylinder engine
Has Vehicles: Cosworth GA / GAA V6, The GA/GAA V6, designer
Mike Hall, who had already designed the highly successful Cosworth DFV and BDA engines, took on the task of developing a whole new engine
Has Vehicles: Cosworth FBA / FBC V6, The FBA and FBC V6, conversion
a twin overhead camshaft 24valve conversion for more power
Has Vehicles: Cosworth YB series, The YB series, introduction
introduced in the road-going Ford Sierra RS Cosworth in 1986
Has Vehicles: Cosworth Mk series and MAE, Corporate history, first engines
Initial series production engines (Mk.II, Mk.V, Mk.VIII, and Mk.XIV) were sold to Lotus exclusively
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designed, developed and produced by Cosworth for the Aston Martin Valkyrie sports car
Cosworth CR (Wikipedia)
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designed by Cosworth in partnership and collaboration with Ford
Cosworth JD / VJ engine (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Cosworth JD / VJ engine, Lead, designerQuote, Has Vehicles: Cosworth JD / VJ engine, Lead, designer
designed by Cosworth in partnership with Ford
Cosworth TJ / CA engine (Wikipedia)
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designed and developed by Cosworth
Cosworth KF engine (Wikipedia)
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The engines were tuned by Cosworth
Cosworth GBA (Wikipedia)
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designed and developed by Cosworth, in partnership with Ford
Ford-Cosworth HB engine (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Ford-Cosworth HB engine, Lead, builderQuote, Has Vehicles: Ford-Cosworth HB engine, Lead, builder
designed, developed and produced by Cosworth, in partnership with Ford
Cosworth DFV (Wikipedia)
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originally produced by Cosworth for Formula One motor racing
Ford-Cosworth EC / ED engine (Wikipedia)
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designed, developed and produced by Ford and Cosworth
Ford-Cosworth Indy V8 engine (Wikipedia)
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designed and developed by Ford in partnership with Cosworth
Cosworth GPV8 (Wikipedia)
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originally designed, developed and produced by Cosworth
Cosworth GMA (Wikipedia)
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developed and produced by Cosworth for the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 and T.33 sports cars
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