GM is working on an engine in Korea and China that may be used globally to replace GM's 1.6-liter engine. The engine is being developed jointly at GM Daewoo Auto & Technology, which is a GM subsidiary in Korea; and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center Co. in Shanghai. It will be available in 1.4- and 1.6-liter versions.
The new engine would be useful in the US, where GM does not have any engines under 1.6 liters. As gasoline hovers at historically high prices in the United States, sales of small cars with efficient engines are rising.
GM's smallest engine in North America is a 1.6-liter inline four-cylinder in the Chevrolet Aveo, which is assembled by GM Daewoo.
The engine being developed in China and Korea is based on a GM Daewoo engine now being produced at Shanghai General Motors, GM's joint venture here. That engine is based from a Suzuki design. Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center is owned jointly by GM and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.
Production of the new engine will start in 2009. It will be produced at a GM engine plant in Qingdao, in the northeast China province of Shandong.
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Hopefully the engineer a good engine. It would be nice if the Aveo actually got good mileage.
^Agreed. Because for the size of the Aveo, it gets lousy gas mileage.
I'm surprised people are not pissed that China is getting more involved in GM cars. And yes, i do know the 3400 V6 on the Equinox is Chinese too.
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I am...extremely acutally...now a days you buy a car with just a lable...doenst even mean its made in the good old U S of A
Dosnt the Saturn VUE come iwith an Accord motor?
Yes, it does come with a Honda engine (Odyssey, Ridgeline, Pilot).
But it is a huge difference though, Honda has quality products and usually Japanese are reliable. Chinese products on the other hand is anything but quality.
Look at this Chinese car with crash vid here.
2007 Brilliance BS6
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