After the record run of the Holden pickup for production vehicles, we had to remind you of what a non production but still street driveable pickup can do. Gale Banks took his Dodge Dakota pickup, the Sidewinder, to Bonneville back in 2002. The best thing about it is they drove to Bonneville, that is, they drove the Sidewinder to Bonneville, pulling its own trailer with parts … [Read more...]

Dieter Zetsche, CEO of DaimlerChrysler AG, indicates there will be more diesels in Chrysler's line up before long. We are installing BlueTec (diesel technology) in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. How far we will stretch this technology in the Chrysler product lineup is not finally decided at this time. But quite definitely, DaimlerChrysler, including the different brands, is … [Read more...]

It looks like the car guys are finally catching on to diesels. Trucks have always had a strong diesel contingent, we all know they go forever, make tons of torque and get better mileage than your basic gasoline engine. When hybrids began getting popular with the car crowd, some of us kept asking, "Why not diesel?" Well, a lot of other folks are asking the same question, … [Read more...]

Toyota is planning to introduce a diesel V8 powered Tundra in the next 3 years, building the trucks in a plant in San Antonio, Texas. Also in the works is a high efficiency V8 powered version plus a hybrid. … [Read more...]

If you have a diesel under the hood, you don't want gasoline in the tank. Ford of Europe has come up with an Easy Fuel system to prevent smaller diameter gasoline nozzles from being inserted into larger diameter diesel filler necks. A mechanical diameter detector locks out the smaller nozzle so only the larger diesel fuel pump nozzle can be inserted. Most of you wouldn't do … [Read more...]