On February 17, 1894, Rudolf Diesel persuaded his "rational heat engine" to run for more than a few fitful sputters, and the age of compression ignition-no spark required!-was born. You may wonder why ...

Rewind the clock about 20 years and besides looking at some bad clothes and the pinnacle of rock ’n’ roll hair bands, you’d see diesel-powered cars accounting for 80 percent of all Mercedes-Benzes ...

Imagine driving from New Orleans to Nashville, or Charlotte to Indianapolis, or going roundtrip from Dallas to Little Rock, on a single tank of fuel in a mid-size Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan. It ...

For once, I am excited to write about a diesel powered car that is available in the U.S. Granted, it will cost you a pretty penny to enjoy the pleasure of driving around in the Mercedes E320 diesel, ...

Fans of diesel automobiles generally fall into one of two categories: the pragmatists, who admire such cars for their efficiency, durability, and grunt; and the iconoclasts, who get off on the oil ...

Fortunately, those days are long gone. As we all know, the modern diesel engine is a high-tech masterpiece that is enjoying a runaway resurgence in the mainstream. Due to some impressive engineering ...

I can’t understand why anybody would buy a saloon car any more. Take any executive model as an example and there’s no contest on which is the better looking or the most practical. Audi A4? Easily the ...

In the early 1990's I had an "hour-long-with-good-traffic" daily commute into downtown Ottawa. The decision to buy my first diesel car, a Volkswagen Golf, seemed wise at the time. It's not like the ...

In the early 1990's I had an "hour-long-with-good-traffic" daily commute into downtown Ottawa. The decision to buy my first diesel car, a Volkswagen Golf, seemed wise at the time. It's not like the ...