Diesel power is a rarity in the motorcycle world. There have been only a couple of mass-market diesel motorcycles in history, and the chances of seeing a new diesel today are even lower as the world ...

In the late-'20s, Charles Kettering of General Motors embarked on a program to develop a two-cycle lightweight diesel engine for possible usage in automobiles. To cut development time, the faster ...

Although Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine back in 1898, it wasn’t until the diesel cycle was mated to a positive-pressure compressor that it really began to shine. Mechanical supercharging, ...

DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 10, 2012 – Ford’s all-new Transit full-size van, which goes on sale late next year, will be offered with a new clean-running 3.2-liter Power Stroke ® five-cylinder diesel, ...