citação:The common rail system prototype was developed in the late 1960s by Robert Huber of Switzerland. After that, Ganser of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology developed the common rail technology further. In the mid-nineties, Dr. Shohei Itoh and Masahiko Miyaki, of the Denso Corporation, a Japanese automotive parts manufacturer, developed the Common Rail Fuel System for Heavy Duty Vehicles and finally turned into its first practical use on their ECD-U2 Common Rail system, which was mounted on the Hino Raising Ranger truck and sold for general use in 1995.
The modern common rail system was extensively prototyped in the 1990's, with collaboration between Magneti Marelli, Centro Ricerche Fiat and Elasis. After research and development by the Fiat Group, the design was aquired by the German company Robert Bosch GmbH for completion of development and making suitable for mass-production, whom later in 1997 extended its use for passenger cars. First car that used common rail system was model year 1997 Alfa Romeo 156 1.9 JTD and later on that same year Mercedes-Benz E 320 CDI.
