The 318 Detroit Diesel holds something of a special place in the pantheon of diesel engines - but what was it exactly, and why was it such a hit?

The Detroit Diesel 8V-71 let this bus hit 280 hp at 2,100 rpm and with a 140-gallon gas tank, it could travel quite a way before having to stop for a fill-up.

The company still manufactures a full range of heavy-duty diesel engines under the streamlined "Detroit" brand. Its current lineup includes the DD5, DD8, DD13, DD15, and the powerful DD16.

Detroit Diesel started building 71 Series engines in 1938, though it only offered them in an inline configuration at the time. It wasn’t until 1957 that the company would branch out and place ...

The Detroit Diesel 71-series engine was built from the mid-1930s through the mid-1990s in configurations ranging from an inline-four-cylinder all the way up to a V24.

Detroit Diesel Corp. is planning to electrify more of its Redford Township factory with a $285 million investment including EV battery prototyping and pack assembly.The company, whose traditional ...

This Detroit Diesel engine has a long, important history as industrial and marine powerplants, and each 12V-71 comes "stock" with twin Roots-type blowers located between the cylinder banks—which ...

This joining was officially called the GM 6046 engine, but it was built using a pair of Detroit Diesel 6-71 motors. This twin-Diesel engine was able to produce 410 hp for the World War II-era tank.