While 40-year-old engines might not be expected to be the most reliable today, a certain diesel engine has found itself with an incredible reputation.

Commonly used in trucks and heavy machinery, the diesel engine is one of the most important engines created. Developed in the late 1890s by German engineer Rudolf Diesel, the diesel engine came from ...

Back in the early days, diesel engines were for trucks, tractors, and stationary applications. They were deemed too heavy, too complicated, and too unrefined to be fitted onto a road car. Well-known ...

Major drawback of Diesel engines ever since Rudolf Diesel built the first in Germany 42 years ago has been their heftiness. Although the oil a Diesel burns is cheaper than gasoline and its principle ...

The highest torque diesel engines ever made have turned up in everything from small commercial vehicles to powerful locomotives to mining equipment and more.

Rudolf Diesel, one of history’s greatest inventors, vanished into thin air on the eve of World War I. His revolutionary invention, the Diesel engine, was highly sought after by global industries and ...