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With the powers that be over at General Motors giving the diesel-powered Chevrolet Cruze the production green light in the U.S., one might think that other automakers would follow suit by offering an oil-burning passenger car in the States. This doesn't appear to be the case, at least not for ...

The Ford Kuga, the company's baby SUV that's not yet available in the States, is getting ready for a freshening that includes the addition of two new diesel engines that Ford says will boost performance, improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 ...

Automakers are constantly questioned about their choices. From green-lighting production of an awful vehicle to offering gadgets and gizmos that consumers don't want, it seems automakers regularly make some less-than-ideal decisions. Sometimes, though, it's what automakers don't offer that ...

From the sound of things, it seems that the ongoing power war amongst America's many fullsize pickup trucks will continue unabated for at least the next few years. To wit, the next Power Stroke diesel ...

Ford and Navistar have had a long and arduous relationship with each other, with the latter supplying diesel V8 engines for use in Ford's largest consumer-grade trucks. Early 7.3-liter units performed fine, but the updated 6.0-liter V8 engine was notoriously problematic. That cost Ford dearly and ...

Click to enlargeWe've known for some time now that Ford would be introducing a new light duty diesel V-8 in their trucks in 2010 and the first images have now popped up on the interwebs. An attendee at a Ford dealer show in Las Vegas this week snapped some pics of the 4.4L oil burner. The engine is ...

During the Ford 2008 model year preview at their Dearborn Development Center Friday, Group VP for Product Development Derrick Kuzak spoke about the changes that are being made to improve efficiency at Ford. Last January at the Detroit Auto Show, Ford showed off the Lincoln MKR concept which ...

Ford introduced their 2008 Super Duty F-Series trucks to much fanfare a few weeks ago, and one of the most important elements of any big truck is a good diesel engine. Ford has been using diesels built by Navistar for a long time, but they have never had as good a reputation as the Cummins or ...

The January issue of Automotive Engineering magazine has a report on the Ford Dagenham Diesel Center in England. A couple of years ago Ford decided to consolidate all of their diesel engine production at their Dagenham engine plant near London. They opened a new factory next to their existing ...

Ford is going to build an engine plant in India to produce up to 100,000 diesel engines a year. The plan is manufacture the 1.4L Duratorq diesels for use in the Endeavour sport utility and Fiesta car. The Endeavour uses only diesels and 70 percent of the Fiesta sales are also oil-burners. Ford ...