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
Henan Diesel Engine Industry Company Henan Diesel Engine Industry Company Henan Diesel Engine Industry Co., Ltd (herein abbreviated to HND) is a member of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and the research and manufacturing base of high and medium-speed, high power diesel engines in China, specialized in manufacturing, sale and service of diesel engines, gas engines, diesel generating sets, gas generating sets and emergency/fire pump sets. HND, built in 1958, specialized in manufacturing L12-180 and 42-160 diesel engines at the beginning. It introduced the licensed technology from DEUTZ-MWM Company, Germany in 1985 and has produced series MWM234 diesel engines in V6, V8 and V12 and