One iconic image spans the hot rods of the 1950s and modern franchises such as The Fast and the Furious. It has come to represent American ingenuity and the supremacy of the infinitely tunable Detroit ...

A loading dock could be calm one second, then sliced open by a metallic howl that bounced off warehouse walls and made everyone nearby wonder what the... This particular sound wasn’t polished, musical ...

The best Cummins diesel engines are the result of decades of innovation, which all began with founder Clessie Cummins. They also have a history of racing at the Indianapolis 500. In 1934, Cummins ...

One of the most significant contributions in the history of propulsion technology came from a 19th-century engineer named Rudolf Diesel. While his idea was patented in the 1890s, it wouldn't be until ...

Right-side view of a Detroit Diesel 6-71 engine in marine configuration - Nikonysta/Shutterstock The modern diesel engine arguably advanced the might of the American logistics industry more than any ...

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 ...