During the 10 years Diesel Power has existed, the engines offered in ¾- and 1-ton trucks have evolved to make more and more horsepower and torque. While a little more than 300 hp and 600 lb-ft of ...

North America started to get a taste for diesel-fueled vehicles in the 1930s. In the first instance, only the largest of commercial vehicles relied on Rudolf Diesel's namesake invention because diesel ...

When it comes to the three main diesel mills we see in the domestic market, there's Ram's Cummins inline-six mills, and Ford ...

GM’s leaked powertrain guide for the 2017 model year denotes that the L5P figures are SAE J1349 certified, which means that the numbers were derived using the latest standards and specifications in ...

Of the three United States automakers that offer diesel-powered heavy-duty pickup trucks, only two of those diesel engines are V8s. Those V8 diesel engines are the 6.6 Duramax found in offerings from ...

If you've been considering a Ram or Ford heavy-duty truck for your next purchase, you might be wondering about how the 6.7 Cummins and Ford 6.7 Powerstroke compare, and understandably so. These two ...

We love dyno events. Mostly, they involve standing around watching diesel trucks blow smoke and run up to more than 100 mph—yet go nowhere. And that’s fine with us. You see, a dyno measures power ...

Diesel never caught on in the United States of America because it’s not as fun as its high-octane counterpart. Even though diesel is popular in Europe because it’s cheaper than gasoline, the U.S.

Diesel-powered pony cars—so perverse and unnecessary that I have to admit I'm intrigued. The real question is, what's filthier: the fumes pluming out of these exhaust pipes or the grandiloquence ...