Cosworth FVD
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Automotive, automobile racing (motorsport) |
| Founded | London, 1958 |
| Founders |
Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth |
| Headquarters | Northampton, England |
Area served |
Worldwide |
Key people |
Hal Reisiger (CEO) |
| Products | Internal combustion engines, Electronic Data Acquisition and Control Systems |
| Services | High Performance engineering, Precision manufacturing |
| Owner |
Gerald Forsythe, Kevin Kalkhoven |
| Website | Cosworth.com |
Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics; for automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream automotive industries. Cosworth is based in Northampton, England, with North American facilities in Indianapolis and Mooresville, North Carolina.
Cosworth has collected 176 wins in Formula One (F1) as engine supplier, ranking second with most wins behind Ferrari.
The company was founded as a British racing internal combustion engine maker in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth. Its company name: 'Cosworth', was derived as a portmanteau of the surnames of its two founders (COStin and duckWORTH).
Both of the co-founders were former employees of Lotus Engineering Ltd., and Cosworth initially maintained a strong relationship with Colin Chapman; and initial revenues of the company came almost exclusively from Lotus. When the company was founded in 1958, Duckworth left Lotus, leaving Costin (who had signed a term-employment contract with Chapman) at the company. Until 1962, Costin worked on Cosworth projects in his private time, while being active as a key Lotus engineer on the development of Lotus 15 through 26 (Elan), as well as leading the Team Lotus contingent at foreign races, as evidenced by the 1962 Le Mans Lotus scandal.
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