General Motors announced last week it will introduce a new Chevrolet Cruze for the Chinese market which will utilize their recently announced line of Ecotec small engines. Currently, it is unclear if ...

General Motors is one of the most storied and well-established automakers on the planet. Sure, it might have ruffled some feathers in the past, like when it introduced leaded fuel, or when the ...

General Motors' modern Ecotec engine family first saw the light of day in 2000, when a 2.2-liter inline-four making 147 hp debuted for global use in the Opel Astra — the German brand was a GM ...

The LUK is a hybrid engine system produced by General Motors for compact, midsize, and full-size vehicles. Displacing 2.4 liters in an I4 configuration, the LUK is part of the Ecotec engine family. It ...

You may be reading this and wondering why PHR is doing a story on a four-banger. The answer is simple: this new turbocharged Ecotec makes V-8 power, while retaining four-cylinder fuel mileage. To ...

General Motors announced plans to replace a glut of naturally aspirated four cylinder engines with smaller-displacement turbo three- and four-cylinder engines, spelling an even greener future for the ...

Automotive engine technology has come a long way since Carl Benz put a one-cylinder 2/3 horsepower engine on the Patent Motorwagen in the late 19th century. Modern engines are cleaner-burning, highly ...

General Motors is pumping $109 million into its Ecotec program in Michigan, in order to support ongoing production of the 1.4-liter engine shared by three Chevrolet models as well as keeping/adding 96 ...

General Motors’ Ecotec engines promised fuel efficiency and delivered… well, sometimes. What they also delivered was a masterclass in mechanical “opportunities.” These complaints are recurring themes ...

General Motors unveiled its brand-new family of Ecotec small-displacement engines at its Powertrain Headquarters in Pontiac, Mich. this morning. The lineup will include 11 separate powerplants in both ...

Developed by an international A-team of GM engineers and then refined by Lotus Engineering, the DOHC four-cylinder Ecotec is considered by the General to be the small-block Chevy of four-cylinders. A ...

General Motors has revealed their new generation of modular Ecotec engines which will underpin their smaller offerings General Motors (GM), has unveiled their new line-up of Ecotec engines which are ...