Detroit’s new DD5 diesel is a 5.1L engine designed for urban delivery/service applications in Class 5–6 Freightliner M2 106 trucks. Photo: Jack Roberts According to Chris Moran, medium duty program ...

Daimler Truck North America said its new Detroit DD5 medium-duty engine will be available for ordering later this year in Freightliner Class 5/6 M2106 trucks... Ad ...

Come October buyers will be able to buy a four-cylinder Freightliner M2 106 truck, powered by the new Detroit DD5 engine. A six-cylinder DD8 will arrive in 2018. The pickup-and-delivery world is the ...

YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — There will be skeptics. Detroit knows there will be skeptics. But the company’s bold move to challenge existing six-cylinder mid-range engines with a four-cylinder offering will ...

Can a 4-cylinder engine effectively and efficiently do the job in medium-duty conventional truck applications? Daimler Trucks North America is convinced a 5-liter diesel makes sense, and—following the ...

Driving through California wine country, you’ll see a melting pot of automotive ingenuity. Teslas sharing the road with six figure Porsches, mixed among Bugatti super cars and – earlier this week – ...

INDIANAPOLIS. Detroit’s new DD5 medium-duty engine got its first official U.S. viewing this week at the NTEA Work Truck Show here. The engine, first announced in 2014, will initially be built in ...

Daimler Trucks North America said Thursday it is set to begin production of Freightliner M2 106 trucks equipped with the company’s new inline four cylinder engine in October. Announced earlier this ...

The Detroit DD5 is the first of two new medium duty engines, with the Detroit DD8 planned to follow in 2018. The DD5 will initially offer two power ratings, one with 210hp and 575 ft.-lb. of torque ...