Chevrolet offers a choice for the Silverado powertrain: Either the 6.6 L8T gas engine, or the 6.6 Duramax - both of which offer potent towing capacity.

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 ...

Chevy's 6.6L Duramax offers high performance and lousy MPGs. If you want a comparable diesel engine with better gas mileage, there are other options available.

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 ...