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Pioneering the Diesel Engine Car

However, it was Clessie's unique creativity that brought the company back from the brink of bankruptcy. He put a diesel engine in an old Packard limousine. On Christmas Day in 1929, he drove the first diesel car in the United States and took Mr. Erwin for a ride, trying to persuade Erwin to continue investing with the good performance of the diesel car. This bet-like approach saved Cummins. With Mr. Irwin's new capital infusion, Clessie is determined to promote the new concept of a diesel-engined car. He and Disenberg set the speed record for a diesel-engined car at Dayton Beach. In 1931, the Cummins team once again set a new endurance record by driving 13,535 miles at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The fuel economy and durability of these prototypes won some truckers and fleet managers, who began retrofitting Cummins engines to their vehicles.

The foundation for career success

In 1933, Cummins launched the H-type engine. Powerful and suited to the needs of the transportation industry, this engine became Cummins' most successful engine line. At the same time, Cummins hired excellent managers, including John Niven, an experienced manager; Paris Lightsinger, who single-handedly created Cummins' customer- and agent-oriented marketing system; V.E. McMahon Len, who modernized the company's operations; and Joseph Erwin Miller, Mr. Erwin's great-nephew, who had been Cummins' general manager since 1934. In the next 40 years, Mr. Erwin Miller led Cummins to become a well-known international company. Through high-quality products and its unique nationwide service system, Cummins made its first profit in 1937. In 1940, Cummins launched a 100,000-mile warranty service, creating an original precedent in the engine industry.