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Old Mar 29th, 2017, 20:22   #18
Tannaton
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Originally Posted by Minormatt View Post
Ricardo are all over the world, but their base is in Shoreham, next to the airport - you can see it from the A27 (next to the estuary).

I haven't had my 163 E3 D5 long enough to comment on reliability - but I got it because my research suggested it was the best all rounder to have in terms of MPG, reliability and power.
This may be of interest. Its 15 years old now but still a good read:

https://www.ricardo.com/Documents/RQ...2-2002-EN.pdf]

I have it in my head that the Volvo D5 engine was first assembled in Italy but I can't recall where I might have read that...
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