Engine Designs
Many companies have been carrying out their own research in to VCR Engines, including Nissan, Volvo, PSA/Peugeot-Citroën and Renault but so far with no publicly demonstrated results. The first being built and tested by Harry Ricardo in the 1920s. This work led to him devising the octane rating system that is still in use today.
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