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Installed power. I.E a Gardner-180 was a 188 gross BHP engine, advertised as 180 BHP. This was opposite to how a lot of other manufacturers advertised their products, and how Gardner themselves had previously stated power ratings of the pre LX series engines. For automotive use, power was important to suit the minimum HP requirements to weight ratio. The LXC's power was advertised as gross, with an Installed power being less. Hence a 265 LXC was actually Installed at 258.5 BHP as example.
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Gardner diesels would have required the development of significantly modified, or totally new, engine designs, and in the marine market there was a shift away from big,
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Gardner to complement their line of lighter diesel engines. Production was then shut down until October, because Gardner's truck engine market share had slumped precariously, although Gardner's market for buses and coaches was doing better.
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