What is Cosworth?
{{Infobox Company |name = Cosworth |logo = Cosworth logo.png |type = Private company |foundation = [[London]], 1958 <ref name=bio/> |founder = [[Mike Costin]] and<br />[[Keith Duckworth]] |location = [[Northampton]], [[England]] |locations = |area_served = Worldwide |key_people = |industry = Automotive, Defence, Sports, Energy Generation |products = [[internal combustion engine|Engines]] |services = High performance engineering |market cap = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |assets = |equity = |owner = [[Gerald Forsythe]],<br />[[Kevin Kalkhoven]] |num_employees = |parent = |divisions = |subsid = |homepage = {{url|http://www.cosworth.com}} |footnotes = }} [[File:Cosworth DFV.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] engine block Cosworth DFV on a [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] JS11]] '''Cosworth''' is a high performance [[engineering]] company. It was founded in [[London]] in 1958.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://americas.cosworth.com/about/company-history/|title=Company History|access-date=29 December 2011|publisher=Cosworth.com|archive-date=9 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209060508/http://americas.cosworth.com/about/company-history|url-status=dead}}</ref> It builds [[internal combustion engine|engines]] and [[electronics]] for [[auto racing|automobile racing]], mainstream [[Car|automotive]] and [[Defense (military)|defence]] industries. Cosworth is based in [[Northampton]], [[England]]. It has [[North American]] [[Factory|facilities]] in [[Torrance, California]]; [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]]; and [[Mooresville, North Carolina]]. It also has a facility in [[Pune]], [[India]]. 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 {{F1|2007}}.