It is no accident that as the twenty-first century dawns, car manufacturers have stepped up the pace of diesel engine development to a speed not seen in the century or so since Rudolf Diesel patented ...

In 1673, Christian Huygens invented the first engine. It was designed to pump water from the Seine River to King Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles. Built with an open combustion chamber, it consumed ...

Sophisticated electronic controls and fuel systems improve combustion efficiency and substantially cut emissions. Sophisticated electronic controls and fuel systems improve combustion efficiency and ...

For more than a decade, the Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks came with an International indirect-injection V-8 diesel engine. By studying and driving these fossil-like engines of the past, owners can get a ...