When you think of diesel Chevy trucks, you likely think Duramax. But the Duramax engine wasn't the first diesel to power ...

When General Motors decided to make a diesel engine a permanent part of its light-duty truck lineup in 1982, it partnered with Detroit Diesel for a 6.2-liter V8 rated at 130 horsepower and roughly 240 ...

Over the last century, Chevrolet has rolled out several impressive engines, from the Gen I 350 small-block V8 and the Gen III Vortec 5300 V8, both of which we included on our list of the most reliable ...

Two returning engines and two classics make for the most exciting Silverado engine lineup in years.

General Motors launched the first 6.6L Duramax V8, known among diesel engine enthusiasts as the LB7, in 2001 for its heavy-duty pickup trucks. The LB7 Duramax engine design resulted from a ...

Equipped with a 3.0L Duramax diesel engine, the Silverado 1500 RST delivers impressive towing capacity and payload, ...

A Chevy Silverado with a Tennessee vanity license plate bearing the letters "LBZ". - Tennessee Torque/YouTube The Chevy LBZ is often considered the "Holy Grail" of Duramax diesel engines, often ...

Duramax LB7 V-8-powered G-Body 1978 Chevy Malibu was one of the coolest work-in-progress drag cars at Florida Truck Jam. Senior editor KJ Jones’ walk about the Florida Truck Meet’s show area and the ...

North America started to get a taste for diesel-fueled vehicles in the 1930s. In the first instance, only the largest of commercial vehicles relied on Rudolf Diesel's namesake invention because diesel ...

The Great Recession was rough on everyone in the late 2000s, especially General Motors. The automotive giant was nearly forced to dissolve, though it declared bankruptcy in 2009 and infamously ...

If you own a 2011–2016 Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra packing a Duramax diesel engine under its hood, thanks to a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit, you may be entitled to some cash in ...