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In 1998, the 11.1-liter Detroit Diesel Series 60 was discontinued. [5] Once the 11.1-liter Series 60 was discontinued, the 12.7-liter Detroit Diesel Series 60 became the motorcoach application. Starting in the late 1990s, Neoplan made the Series 60 as an available engine for their high-floor and low-floor articulated buses - the AN460A and AN460LF.
The ancestor of Detroit Diesel was the Winton Engine Company, founded by Alexander Winton in 1912; Winton Engine began producing diesel engines in fall 1913. After Charles F. Kettering purchased two Winton diesels for his yacht, General Motors acquired the company in 1930 along with Electro Motive Company, Winton's primary client.
Most trucks had gasoline (G) engines until the early 1960s, when multifuel (M) and diesel (D) engines were introduced. Since then diesel fuel has increasingly been used, the last gasoline engine vehicles were built in 1985. Most engines have been water-cooled with inline (I) cylinders, but V types (V) and opposed (O) engines have also been used.
Detroit Diesel Series 50; Detroit Diesel Series 53; Detroit Diesel Series 60; Detroit Diesel Series 71; Gray Marine 6-71 Diesel Engine; Detroit Diesel Series 92; Detroit Diesel 110; Detroit Diesel Series 149; Detroit diesel 6051 quad-71
Detroit Diesel 110; Detroit Diesel Series 50; Detroit Diesel Series 53; Detroit Diesel Series 60; Detroit Diesel Series 71; Detroit Diesel Series 92; Detroit Diesel V8 engine; DMAX V6 engine; Duramax I6 engine; Duramax I4 engine; Duramax V8 engine
6.2L fitted to a 1987 HMMWV. The original 6.2 L (379 cu in) diesel V8 was introduced in 1982 for the Chevrolet C/K and was produced until 1993. The 6.2L diesel emerged as a high-fuel-economy alternative to the V8 gasoline engine lineup, and achieved better mileage than Chevrolet's 4.3L V6 gasoline engine of the 1980s, at a time when the market was focused on power rather than efficiency.
In 1939, Detroit Diesel Series 71 engines were installed in buses produced by Yellow Coach, [4] who would be acquired by GM in 1943 to launch the GMC Truck and Coach Division. Uses for Detroit Diesel engines would proliferate during World War II and the postwar economic boom.
Series Type Length-Width Air conditioning T = transit bus. When first introduced, a suburban (S) version was rumoured to be planned. A = articulated C = Classic 40 = 40 feet (12 m) 60 = 60 feet (18 m) Design work was started on a 35-foot (11 m) version, but none were produced. - 102 = 102 inches (2.6 m) A = air conditioned N = non-air conditioned