Across more than a century of automotive history, a handful of engines have earned reputations for surviving abuse, neglect, ...

Today everybody knows about Diesel engines. They are everywhere—on streamlined trains, long-distance trucks, planes, ships, submarines. The fire-fated German dirigible Hindenburg was Diesel-powered; ...

North America started to get a taste for diesel-fueled vehicles in the 1930s. In the first instance, only the largest of commercial vehicles relied on Rudolf Diesel's namesake invention because diesel ...

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 ...

Despite the original diesel fiasco in the 2010s — and the five automakers facing their own Dieselgate trial in the U.K. this year — diesel engines have definite benefits over their gasoline-powered ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his discovery of a nearly complete Australopithecus boisei skull (now Paranthropus ...

Back in the early days, diesel engines were for trucks, tractors, and stationary applications. They were deemed too heavy, too complicated, and too unrefined to be fitted onto a road car. Well-known ...

From Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo to the sinking of the Titanic, history is full of shocking plot twists, but maybe none were as tragic as the fate of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. Attractive, rich ...

Nathaniel is an experienced automotive writer with more than 10 years of automotive writing under his belt. From model reviews to industry politics to new innovations and development, he covers a wide ...

Vin Diesel is in the headlines again due to his interaction with Dwayne Johnson at the Golden Globes 2025 when presenting the award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. This sparked discussions ...

"Fast & Furious" stars Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson have a well-documented public feud. Johnson made a shocking return to the franchise when he appeared in the end-credits scene of "Fast X." The two ...