Detroit Diesel’s two-stroke engines used a firing cycle and Roots blower to create the legendary Screaming Jimmy sound that trucks made famous.

Detroit is one of the most impactful diesel engine companies in history, and the Series 60 is its most important engine to date. The Series 60 engine was developed in 1987 with the purpose of creating ...

A closer look inside a 16-cylinder two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine, exploring its design, major components, and how it ...

Detroit Diesel has been in the engine-building game for over 85 years, and in that time they have established themselves as one of the most reputable diesel engine manufacturers in the country.

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

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MTU Friedrichshafen (Germany) and Detroit Diesel Corporation (USA) announced the formation of a new division for Off-Highway engine activities, MTU Detroit Diesel. The group will continue to be ...

The horse-drawn cart became obsolete when Karl Benz introduced internal combustion to trucks in 1895. Modern semi trailers appeared right after World War I, and Benz sealed the fate of the big rig by ...

Daimler Truck North America has announced a $285 million investment at its Detroit Diesel Corp. subsidiary. The investment is expected to create up to 436 jobs and preserve about 2,000 more at the ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] An expansion of Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing’s Hibbing, Minn., plant is complete, doubling the facility’s manufacturing and ...

I’ve never been a fan of the Detroit Diesel 6.2L engine that was so popular in GM trucks from the 1980s, probably because the GMC C1500 that my dad had as a shop truck was about the slowest vehicle ...