History of the diesel car Production diesel car history started in 1933 with Citroën's Rosalie, which featured a diesel engine option (the 1,766 cc 11UD engine) in the Familiale (estate or station wagon) model. The Mercedes-Benz 260D and the Hanomag Rekord were introduced in 1936. Immediately after World War II, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s, diesel-powered cars began to gain limited popularity, particularly for commercial applications, such as ambulances, taxis, and station wagons used for delivery work. Most were conventional in design. Mercedes-Benz offered a continuous stream of diesel-powered taxis, beginning in 1949 with their 170D powered by the OM-636 engine. Later, in 1959
Aircraft diesel engine diesel for general aviation aircraft and small helicopters, military drones, small boats or troop carriers, and its low vibration allow to use composite or aluminum airscrews. At , 75% of the max, it consumes where the Continental TSIO-550-E burns Raptor Turbo Diesel LLC, an American company, is currently developing the Raptor 105 diesel engine. It is a four-stroke inline turbo charged engine. Formerly Vulcan Aircraft Engines (until September 2007). ECO Motors developed the EM 80 and EM 4 stroke 4 cylinder diesel with FADEC based on a car engine for dry but disappeared since 2008. The FlyEco diesel is a