diesel
-
Vin Diesel’s Riddick to Return for Fourth Pitch Black Film
Before he was Groot and drove cars through skyscrapers, one of Vin Diesel’s most famous role was playing Dick Riddick in 2000’s Pitch Black. Diesel’s returned to the role a handful of times in between his other more high-profile work, most notably with the weird space opera of 2004’s The Chronicles of Riddick. It seemed…
-
This Wild Amphibious RV Started Life as a Milk Tanker
Every week I receive mail from readers asking me to write more about weird RVs and buses. The world is full of wacky RV builds and this one is a doozy. I’m talking about the Dobbertin Surface Orbiter; an amphibious RV capable of sailing around the world.
-
The World’s Biggest Diesel Engine Plant Is About To Go Electric
The days of Europe serving as the spawning habitat for so many great diesel cars are coming to a close. In another example of the tectonic shift underway in the auto industry, Stellantis will transition its plant in Tremery, France, from the production of diesel engines to electric powertrains.
-
A Teenage Kansas Farmer Built This Diesel Off-Road Corvette And It’s A Stroke Of Genius
When the C8 Corvette debuted last month, I bet many of us were deeply disappointed that its 490 horsepower V8 engine was not a much, much less powerful, heavier, less-refined diesel motor. But there’s good news, because a compression-ignition Corvette does exist, though it wasn’t built by GM, but instead by a teenage farmer in…