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General Motors has announced a new generation of small displacement, EcoTec engines that will be powering its upcoming global vehicles.
The new EcoTec lineup will consists of 11 engines and will include three- and four-cylinder naturally-aspirated, turbocharged and hybrid units with displacements ranging from 1.0-liter to 1.5-liter.
According to Steve Kiefer, GM’s vice president of Global Powertrain Engineering, the new engines will power no less than 27 models from five GM brands by 2017. These vehicles will be sold in more than 60 countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Power ratings will range from 75 hp to 165 hp, while torque figures will start from 70 lb-ft and go up to 184 lb-ft, the Detroit-based automaker revealed during a media event in Pontiac, Michigan.
High-volume cars powered by the aforementioned mills will include several small cars and compact crossovers, but the first vehicles to benefit from the new EcoTec technology will be the Opel Adam and the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze. The former will be motivated by a turbo 1.0-liter three-cylinder, while the latter will gain turbocharged 1.4-liter and naturally-aspirated 1.5-liter four-cylinder engines.
Fitted with aluminum cylinder blocks and heads, the new EcoTec engines will help reduce overall vehicle weight and deliver enhanced performance and efficiency. GM says it wants to build more than 2.5 million new units annually by 2017 at its facilities in the US, Mexico, China, South Korea and Hungary.
General Motors plans to spend in excess of $1 billion to develop these new engines.
According to Steve Kiefer, GM’s vice president of Global Powertrain Engineering, the new engines will power no less than 27 models from five GM brands by 2017. These vehicles will be sold in more than 60 countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Power ratings will range from 75 hp to 165 hp, while torque figures will start from 70 lb-ft and go up to 184 lb-ft, the Detroit-based automaker revealed during a media event in Pontiac, Michigan.
High-volume cars powered by the aforementioned mills will include several small cars and compact crossovers, but the first vehicles to benefit from the new EcoTec technology will be the Opel Adam and the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze. The former will be motivated by a turbo 1.0-liter three-cylinder, while the latter will gain turbocharged 1.4-liter and naturally-aspirated 1.5-liter four-cylinder engines.
Fitted with aluminum cylinder blocks and heads, the new EcoTec engines will help reduce overall vehicle weight and deliver enhanced performance and efficiency. GM says it wants to build more than 2.5 million new units annually by 2017 at its facilities in the US, Mexico, China, South Korea and Hungary.
General Motors plans to spend in excess of $1 billion to develop these new engines.
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