Detroit Diesel’s two-stroke engines earned their “Screaming Jimmy” nickname the hard way, with a piercing exhaust note and relentless mechanical clatter that turned work sites, logging roads, and ...

Making a new engine while the world’s rushing to switch to electric vehicles only? Mazda said, “why not?” There’s a new innovator in town and it wants you to pay attention. Mazda’s SkyActiv-X engines ...

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 ...

Achates’ announcement of its 10.6-liter near-zero diesel engine is a serious wake-up call to the staying power of America’s workhorse. The timing of this impressive two-stroke, opposed piston ...

It’s a shame that Detroit Diesel no longer makes marvelous two-stroke engines, at least for novelty’s sake. Of course, they were loud, inefficient and decisively terrible for the environment, so there ...

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 ...