Engine Benchmarking

Benchmarking by Ricardo provides a valuable mechanism for customers to judge in a highly objective and informed manner the competitiveness of their own products. Ricardo offers a wide range of benchmarking services that enable such robust technical and commercial comparisons to be made, helping customers develop a more competitive future product strategy.

Benchmarking – an objective and informed assessment of competitor products: 

• Design benchmarking - comparison of customer engine designs, in either finished or concept form, against Ricardo design guidelines and/or competitor engines to evaluate all aspects of design competitiveness
• Cost benchmarking – detailed analysis to compare customer and competitor engines in order to identify cost reduction opportunities. Ricardo uses validated and standardised internal cost analysis methods to build up engine cost component by component
• Engine systems benchmarking including for example the comparison of crankshafts, valve trains, timing drives
• Competitor benchmarking of a specific product of interest
• Performance & emissions benchmarking based on test bed evaluation
• NVH benchmarking both through direct examination of products and detailed testing

Recent benchmarking projects – for which reports are available for purchase – include:

• An ongoing consortium project to test and analyse a range of low fuel consumption diesel cars
• Detailed performance and emissions measurements of the 480hp Scania DSC13 Euro 5 (no aftertreatment) engine
• Detailed performance and emissions measurements of the Renault (Volvo Powertrain) 450Ps DXi11 Euro 5 SCR engine