Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA, is part of the Freightliner - Trucks NAFTA Business Unit, and is a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG. Nickname: Motor City Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Official website: www. ... Freightliner, LLC is a truck tractor manufacturer. ... DaimlerChrysler AG (FWB:DCX, NYSE: DCX, TYO: 7663 ), headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg and Auburn Hills, Michigan, is a prominent automobile and truck manufacturer and financial services provider (through DaimlerChrysler Services). ...

The company produces on-highway medium and heavy-duty Diesel engines for the commercial truck market, and for other commercial and automobile use. Engines range from 170 to 515 hp (127 to 384 kW) for the on-highway market. The Series 60 has been the market share leader since 1992, and combined with the MBE 4000 has 27% of the Class 8 market. Worldwide there are over 800,000 Series 60's, and over 350,000 MBE 900's, in operation. Diesel or Diesel fuel is a specific fractional distillate of fuel oil (mostly petroleum) that is used as fuel in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel. ... An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Class 8 - Heavy Duty Trucks as defined by the Federal_Highway_Administration (FHWA): Less than five-axle tractor/single trailer, medium-haul delivery. ...

Detroit Diesel timeline

• 1938: The company was founded by General Motors as the GM Diesel Division.
• World War II: When WWII broke out DDC's two-cycle, lightweight, compact engine is in great demand for landing craft, tanks, road building equipment, and standby generators.
• 1957: Introduction of the Series 53 & Series 71 engines. (disputed — see talk page)
• 1965: GM Diesel becomes Detroit Diesel Engine Division.
• 1970: General Motors merges the Indianapolis based Allison Division, maker of gas turbines and transmissions, to form the Detroit Diesel Allison Division.
• 1982: Detroit Diesel V8 engine is introduced in the Chevrolet C/K
• 1987: Series 60 introduced.
• 1988: Penske Corporation buys a portion of the company and together with GM spin Detroit Diesel Corporation off as a separate company
• 1993: Company completes an initial public offering (IPO), listing on the NYSE under the ticker symbol DDC. Series 50 introduced.
• 2000: DaimlerChrysler AG purchased the company, merging it with their MTU Friedrichshafen and Mercedes-Benz industrial engines businesses, creating the DaimlerChrysler Powersystems division.
• 2006: Detroit Diesel and MTU Friedrichshafen's off-highway business is acquired by the EQT investment group.

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Products

• Series 40E
• Series 50
• Series 60
• Series 70
• Series 92
• Series 700
• Series 2000
• Series 4000
• Series SUN
• Mercedes-Benz Engine (MBE) 900
• Mercedes-Benz Engine (MBE) 4000
• Automotive
• Electronics
• Parts & Reman

Series 50 engine The Detroit Diesel Series 50 is a straight-4 diesel engine, that was designed by Mercedes-Benzand introduced in 1993 by Detroit Diesel. ...

Joint ventures

• VM Motori s.p.a. - 51% Penske Group and 49% DaimlerChrysler Group.
  • 2.5 L TD DI - 4V
  • 3.0 L TD
  • 3.1 L TD
  • 4.0 L TD

VM Motori S.p. ... Penske Corporation is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based company, with auto racing legend Roger Penske at the wheel. ... DaimlerChrysler AG (FWB:DCX, NYSE: DCX, TYO: 7663 ), headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg and Auburn Hills, Michigan, is a prominent automobile and truck manufacturer and financial services provider (through DaimlerChrysler Services). ...

External links

• Detriot Diesel Corporation
• DDC Products
• VM Motori
• Detriot Diesel's profile @ Hoovers