Detroit Diesel developed heavy-duty engines for long-distance trucks. 1950s: Wide use of GM's Detroit Diesel engines in military applications aided their acceptance in commercial applications.Detroit Diesel launches Series 110 engines used in construction equipment, rail cars, and power generation. Together, these employees produced 57,892 engines in 1943. By 1943, Detroit Diesel employed 4,300 people, more than 1,400 of them women. World War II: Tanks, landing craft, road building equipment and standby generators needed compact, lightweight, two-cycle engines.1939: Series 71 engines installed in buses manufactured by Yellow Coach (acquired by GM in 1943).GM formed the General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) as a marketing and customer service structure for its Detroit and Cleveland diesel products.

Detroit Diesel started production with the smaller mobile Series 71 two-cycle engines that the GM Research Division had recently developed. Cleveland Diesel produced larger diesel engines for locomotive, marine, and stationary use. January 1938: General Motors began diesel engine manufacturing in Detroit under the Detroit Diesel Engine Division, and re-organized its Winton Engine Corporation as the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division.The former off-highway division was sold to MTU Friedrichshafen in 2006 and subsequently purchased by Rolls-Royce in 2014.ĭetroit Diesel Corporation timeline

Detroit Diesel consists of manufacturing operations of axles, transmissions and diesel engines for on-highway only, which is owned by Daimler Truck AG.

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