History of the diesel car featured an aluminium block, DOHC chain driven valvetrain, common rail direct injection and variable geometry turbocharger. In Spring 2005, Mercedes-Benz unveiled their first application of a mass-produced aluminum block diesel engine for passenger vehicles and commercial use. While aluminum is traditionally considered of inferior strength and temperature resistance to withstand diesel applications, Mercedes engineers made extensive use of CAD/CAM design to arrive at an aluminum block that would meet with Mercedes' testing and reliability standards. First use was in 2006 model-year vehicles in the E-Class sedan and ML-class and GL-class SUVs. Similar in weight () to the five-cylinder it replaced,
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