May the fourth be with you (better late than never and all that) for this Friday's Shed of the Week... If you’re one of the eight people on the planet who haven’t seen Star Wars, this week’s Shed is ...

Imagine driving from New Orleans to Nashville, or Charlotte to Indianapolis, or going roundtrip from Dallas to Little Rock, on a single tank of fuel in a mid-size Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan. It ...

On February 17, 1894, Rudolf Diesel persuaded his "rational heat engine" to run for more than a few fitful sputters, and the age of compression ignition-no spark required!-was born. You may wonder why ...

Rewind the clock about 20 years and besides looking at some bad clothes and the pinnacle of rock ’n’ roll hair bands, you’d see diesel-powered cars accounting for 80 percent of all Mercedes-Benzes ...

I refuse to go down the path of juvenile humor simply because the magic ingredient in Mercedes-Benz’s new California-legal diesels, such as the ML320 CDI, is urea -- which also happens to be the magic ...

Mercedes unveiled today the S 320 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY, a fuel-efficient large diesel sedan. The price for the S 320 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY in Germany is €70,864.50 (€78,718.50 for the long-wheelbase ...

Few cars have stood the test of time quite like Merc­edes’ E-Class. The executive saloon has cemented the brand’s reputation for solid build quality and top-notch refinement, so it’s under­standable ...

With light-duty diesels barely a blip on U.S. sales charts today, it’s hard to believe we will ever embrace oil burners as daily drivers. Still, gasoline prices are near record highs, and new ...

To say it betters its predecessor doesn't do the ML320 CDI justice. Its leap ahead in ride comfort, build quality, visual appeal and driver dynamics means it is good enough to take on the Discovery, ...

Fans of diesel automobiles generally fall into one of two categories: the pragmatists, who admire such cars for their efficiency, durability, and grunt; and the iconoclasts, who get off on the oil ...

Fortunately, those days are long gone. As we all know, the modern diesel engine is a high-tech masterpiece that is enjoying a runaway resurgence in the mainstream. Due to some impressive engineering ...