Though not the first electrically controlled diesel in the light-duty market (the Ford 7.3L Power Stroke was), the General Motors 6.6L Duramax is recognized as one of the most sophisticated. It boasts ...

For most cars and trucks, gasoline and diesel engines follow the same four basic steps to make power: intake, to get a mixture of fuel and air into the cylinders; compression, to squeeze that mixture ...

Designed to be combined with a high-tension magneto ignition system, the spark plug solved what Carl Benz had described as ‘the most fundamental obstacle to early motoring’. Over a century later, the ...