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    Official: GM announces new global small engine family     1318449600

    General Motors announced today that it would be overhauling its smallest engines, replacing three engine families with a new, modular Ecotec design. Production of new three- and four-cylinder powerplants should begin mid-decade, ramping up to over two million engines a year by 2020. While GM ...

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    GM investing $109M in MI to boost 1.4L Ecotec production     1305316860

    General Motors has announced that it is investing $109 million to support production of its 1.4-liter Ecotec engine in Michigan. This will create (or protect) 96 jobs at The General's manufacturing facilities in the cities of Flint and Bay City. In Flint, $84 million will be used to ...

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    General Motors invests $483 million in Spring Hill facility, rehires 483 workers     1284742860

    General Motors has announced that it will invest a total of $483 million in its Spring Hill, Tennessee powertrain facility by 2012. The news comes as GM continues to move toward building more fuel-efficient engines. The automaker says that the next-generation Ecotec four-cylinder engine, complete ...

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    Report: GM struggling to market turbo technology     1271793660

    In the automotive realm, marketing can sometimes prove just as important as the actual product. Take, for instance, Ford's well regarded EcoBoost technology, which couples turbocharging with direct injection to produce more horsepower and reduce fuel consumption. Would it surprise you to hear ...

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    First Drive: 2011 Buick LaCrosse CX gets four cylinders for fuel economy     1270223880

    2011 Buick LaCrosse four-cylinder – Click above for high-res image gallery
    For the foreseeable future, the LaCrosse will remain the flagship of the Buick lineup, so at first glance, it might seem peculiar that General Motors is adding a seemingly modest inline-four cylinder engine to the ...

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    GM investing $500 million in next-gen Ecotec engines     1266519660

    Building cars is expensive, and many of the priciest bits of technology driving research and development costs are wrapped up in the powertrain. Therefore it's not particularly surprising to hear that General Motors has just announced a $494 million investment to build the next generation of ...

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    Pontiac Solstice Coupe to pack 300 horses?     1207247340

    Click above for high-res live shots of the 2009 Pontiac Solstice CoupeSporting a specific output of 130 horsepower-per-liter, the turbocharged, direct-injected Ecotec four-cylinder from GM that's featured in the Pontiac Solstice GXP, Saturn Sky Redline and SS versions of the Chevy HHR and Cobalt, ...

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    Why does the 2009 Pontiac Vibe continue to use Toyota engines?     1194451260

    Pontiac officially unveiled the 2009 edition of the Vibe hatchback yesterday, and a question has been raised by several commentors about the powertrain lineup. As we all know, the Vibe shares a platform with the Toyota Corolla and all of its derivatives. The question of why the Vibe uses the Toyota ...

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    Frankfurt Preview: Opel Flextreme revealed!     1189216980

    Click image for photo gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Check_out_the_Chevy_Volt_s_European_diesel_cousin_the_Opel_Flextreme'; The Opel Flextreme concept is GM's European answer to the Chevy Volt, and it's destined to be one of the stars of this year's very green-tinged Frankfurt ...

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    Chicago Auto Show: Live unveiling of the 2008 Saturn Astra     1170871740

    Click above image to view a high-resolution gallery of the new Saturn AstraSaturn just rolled out the new Astra to the crowd at the Chicago Auto Show, with the automaker claiming that the compact will help fulfill the brand's promise to bring "appropriate and affordable technology", "great design", ...

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