Tag: Diesel

  • Diesel Particulate Filters: Should You Clean Or Replace?

    Diesel Particulate Filters: Should You Clean Or Replace?

    Nations worldwide have taken measures to control those human activities that adversely affect the environment, especially the deterioration of the ozone layer. These activities include improper waste disposal and air pollution. One visible source of air pollution is the exhaust from motor vehicles. In Europe, The Euro 5 or the emission standards require all diesel…

  • 6-12 February: Motoring Milestones

    Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: GM sit down strike, Porsche, Swedish Grand Prix, Wolseley Motors, and Chicago Auto Show. 100 years ago this week, Glenn H. Curtiss unveiled his Autoplane, probably the world’s first roadworthy airplane, at the Pan-American Aeronautic Exposition in New York City [8 February 1917]….. 90 years…

  • 22-28 August: Motoring Milestones

    22-28 August Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Cadillac, Porsche, Jaguar, Henry Leland, and the diesel land speed record. 115 years ago this week, the Cadillac Company, named after eighteenth century French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of the city of Detroit, was established [22 August 1901]. Henry Leland,…