# 10 Bizarre Diesel-Powered Cars Everyone Forgot About

> In the late 1800s, Rudolf Diesel invented a namesake internal combustion engine that used compression rather than sparks to realize the internal combustion process.

- **Source:** [SlashGear](https://www.slashgear.com/1622598/bizarre-diesel-powered-cars-forgotten/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=68a73df71cc95eff4332ac00)
- **Published:** 2025-08-21
- **Category:** Cars
- **Tags:** #diesel #bizarre #cars #combustion #engine #forgot #internal #powered
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