COSWORTH HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 1958 Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin set up Cosworth Engineering.

DECEMBER 1959 First ever Cosworth-modified Ford engine (Anglia 997cc unit) completed.

1962 Cosworth completed development of the Ford-based Lotus Twin Cam engine (Type TA) for use in Lotus and Lotus-Cortina models.

1963 Ford launched its first Cosworth-modified road cars – the Capri GT and Cortina GT.

1964 Cosworth introduced the single-overhead-camshaft SCA F3 engine, based on the existing Cortina 1600E cylinder block.

OCTOBER 1965 Ford contracted Cosworth to design the new 1.6-litre FVA F2 engine and the 3.0-litre DFV V8 F1 engine.

JUNE 1967 The DFV-powered Lotus 49 won its very first F1 race. The DFV family would then stay in production until the late 1980s.

JANUARY 1968 Ford introduced the Escort Twin Cam, followed by the RS1600 in 1970, both with Cosworth designed or developed engines.

JANUARY1969 Cosworth unveiled its new Fordbased 1.6-litre 16-valve BDA engine, which went on sale in Escort RS1600s in January 1970.

1973 Cosworth designed the 440bhp 3.4-litre GA V6 engine, for touring car racing in the Capri RS3100 (and later used in F5000 single seaters).

1983 Cosworth began development of the turbocharged 2.0-litre YB engine, based on the Ford Pinto cylinder block. Sales, in Sierras, began in 1986.

1986 Ford contracted Cosworth to design the wide-angle turbocharged 1.5-litre V6 GB for F1, which finally developed 1000bhp in race-day trim.

1989 Introduction of new-generation Ford HB V8 F1 engine. It won 11 Grand Prix in four years.

1991 Ford announced the 24-valve Scorpio, with its Cosworth 24-valve DOHC V6 engine, based on the Ford-Cologne V6 bottom end.

1991 First appearance of the XB/XD/XF range of Ford-sponsored 2.65-litre Indycar racing V8s.

1992 Cosworth developed the VB V12 F1 engine for Ford, but this was never raced.

1993 Ford Mondeos began BTCC Super Touring Car racing, with a Cosworth-developed FC V6 engine.

1994 The all-new 3.5-litre EC V8 powered Benetton to the F1 World Championship in 1994.

1994 Cosworth took on manufacture of FordCologne pushrod OHV engines, until 1998, when the line was dropped.

1996 First appearance of Ford-based F1 V10 engines, the JD. Other V10s – VJ, CK, LK and TJ – would follow on until 2005.

1998 Cosworth (a subsidiary of Vickers at the time), was sold off, with the racing divisions going to Ford, and the manufacturing side to VAG, soon to lose the name Cosworth Technology, eventually to be absorbed by Mahle.

1999 Cosworth designed and developed the SG-type 6-litre V12 for Ford, which was used in Aston Martins until the late 2010s.

2000 In a short-lived project, Cosworth developed competitive 5.8-litre V8s for Ford cars to use in NASCAR racing.

2000 Cosworth developed the YC version of the 2.0-litre engine used in Ford Focus WRC cars (there were two generations), which gained many victories.

2004 The Cosworth YC range of Ford-manufactured 16-valve DOHC engines would be introduced in many cars built by independent manufacturers (including Caterham), and the technology was also used in Ford Focus STs of the 2000s and 2010s

2004 Kevin Kalkhoven and Jerry Forsythe of the USA purchased Cosworth from Ford, the brand finally recovering its independence.

-PRESENT Since then the company has diversified, prospered, and sold its expertise to many other companies worldwide.