The new Detroit Diesel DD16 engine — the latest in Detroit Diesel’s series of all-new heavy-duty engines — will be in production for the Western Star 4900 series in March 2010 and the Western Star ...

Detroit Diesel Corp. has announced that its DD13, DD15 and DD16 diesel engines have been formally certified by the EPA as meeting 2010 emissions regulations. The engines use Detroit Diesel’s BlueTec ...

Detroit Diesel started as the GM Diesel Division, formed by General Motors in 1938. It initially produced the Series 71, a two-cycle engine for military and construction use. In 1955, GM Diesel ...

The Detroit Diesel Corporation originally launched in 1938 as a division of General Motors, and its main purpose was to build a two-stroke engine that would combine power and versatility in a small ...

Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) is rolling out a new engine line that will form a global platform for engines built for commercial trucks in Asia, Europe, and North America. The first model, the14.8-liter ...

Diesel engines began with a sputtered start in the late 1800s. Rudolf Diesel got the idea for his rational heat motor in 1878, but he never got it to work. Once he realized he only needed enough heat ...

When General Motors decided to make a diesel engine a permanent part of its light-duty truck lineup in 1982, it partnered with Detroit Diesel for a 6.2-liter V8 rated at 130 horsepower and roughly 240 ...