Traditionally, automobile diesel engines have been 4-cylinder powerplants. For various reasons, the latest diesel engines have broken with that tradition. We’ve recently seen the introduction of a 5-cylinder diesel from Mercedes-Benz and a V8 diesel from the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors. MERCEDES-BENZ 5-CYLINDER The goal in designing the 300D 5-cylinder en gine, Fig. 34, […]
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