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Cosworth
British automotive engineering company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cosworth is a high performance engineering company. It was founded in London in 1958.[1] It builds engines and electronics for automobile racing, mainstream automotive and defence industries. Cosworth is based in Northampton, England. It has North American facilities in Torrance, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Mooresville, North Carolina. It also has a facility in Pune, India.
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Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Automotive, Defence, Sports, Energy Generation |
Founded | London, 1958 [1] |
Founder | Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth |
Headquarters | Northampton, England |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Engines |
Services | High performance engineering |
Owner | Gerald Forsythe, Kevin Kalkhoven |
Website | www |
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Cosworth has had a long and well respected career in Formula One, beginning in 1963. Cosworth stepped away from Formula One for three years when no team decided to use their engines for 2007. Cosworth returned to F1 in 2010, suppling engines to Williams, HRT, Lotus, and Virgin. The first Formula One engines shipped in January.[2] Cosworth's 176 wins make it the second most successful engine manufacturers in F1, after Ferrari.[3]