Car and Driver 10Best tested: Ferrari Testarossa, 173 mph Top-selling cars: Imports and domestics chosen by marque, not by place of manufacture. Price cap: $35,000 Fastest car tested: 750iL "V12", 158 mph Top-selling cars: Eliminated half domestic/half import rule as impractical. Price cap: $35,000 Fastest car tested: Chevrolet Corvette "ZR-1", 175 mph Top-selling cars: New rule: No more than two places per marque. Price cap: $35,000 Fastest car tested: Chevrolet Corvette "ZR-1", 176 mph Top-selling cars: Price cap: $40,000 Fastest car tested: Ferrari F40, 197 mph Top-selling cars: Price cap: $40,000 Fastest car tested: Lamborghini Diablo, 204 mph Top-selling cars: Institution of the 2.5x
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