Why General Motors Held On To Its Torino, Italy Powertrain Facility
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General Motors may have made a clean exit from the continent of Europe by selling Opel, Vauxhall and its various manufacturing sites to PSA Groupe, but it held on to one asset: the Torino, Italy powertrain facility.
But, why did the automaker keep it? There are two important reasons, one long and one short term.
In the short run, GM will use the facility to handle Opel and PSA engineering services during the transition years, according to Automotive News. But, the facility will play an important part for future powertrain operations, too.
“Torino will also continue the work it performs for GM’s regions worldwide, including North and South America,” said GM spokesman Tom Read.
Specifically, GM will utilize Torino to continue its diesel push in various markets around the world; the Italian hub has been responsible for every small displacement diesel engine the North American market has been graced with thus far, including the 1.6-liter “whisper diesel” engine found in the 2017 Chevrolet Cruze diesel. Ditto for the 2.8-liter four-cylinder turbo diesel found in the Chevrolet Colorado.
The 600 engineers in Torino not only develop diesel engines but they also design, test and validate the emission-control equipment and write the software that governs the engines and emissions systems.
Industry analysts praised GM’s decision to retain the powertrain operations, which was born from the failed Fiat-GM alliance.
“Moving it would basically hit the reset button for development,” AutoPacific analyst Dave Sullivan said. “And any brain drain for GM’s diesel development could only help the competition. Closing this facility could be a setback in terms of future products.
“I think not closing this facility means that there is a place for diesel engines in GM’s lineups in other markets,” Sullivan added.
GM has big plans for diesel-powered vehicles in the U.S. specifically. The 2017 Cruze diesel surpassed the coveted 50 mpg mark with an EPA-certified 52 mpg highway; the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox and 2018 GMC Terrain will both receive an identical diesel powertrain as well. Torino is GM’s diesel mecca, and it isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon.
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I thought the baby DMAX was sourced from Asia where it is widely used by GM. Guess not.
Assembled in Thailand, designed and tested in Italy.
All these people who GM will never be able to sell cars in Europe are going to be sadly mistaken and proven wrong!
Wrong about what?
And use the reply button this time.
I will use the reply button when and if I want to!
Proven wrong about GM being able to reenter the European market!
You’re hanging this all on some kind of fictional last inning comeback? Something that can happen in less than a year that’ll make those darn Europeans eat their own words?
And PSA, being a pioneer in Diesel engines for passenger cars, doesn’t need that facility.
The first Diesel engine used in an Opel car was sourced from Peugeot passenger cars and was built into an Opel Blitz truck, many decades ago.
Peugeot ran Diesel powered race cars in several Le Mans 24 hour races, equalling in performance with the equalla Diesel powerd Audis.
So, leaving the Turin development center with GM was certainly not a point of contention in the PSA-GM negociations.
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Campisis
Russo’s
Kennedy’s
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denmark-Occidental
denmark-Mccleans
France-downy
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Italy- campisi
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At Wyndham hotels in area in Houston, Texas katy, i 10 houston, Texas past on right from George Bush intercontinental airport Houston, Texas past from freeway 45 to 6@0 west loop south to, past dairy Ashford, past Eldridge street on right Wyndham hotels Houston, Texas america there actual as wifes and family members are this and there new residence she too are for them just ask the inner condominium areas
Denmark, Crawford’s , Occidentals, Brinkley’s, Moore’s, Cummings, Cummins, ask in our area there in my area come ow and get them in jave free hotels for them
Crawford’s
Endicott s
Meyers
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Ok run these areas Andy get rhem started new all the time and Nigeria- blacks you all nigeria extra cruise space
Pretnd adults ok me cheryl
France- janice
1 st to 6 th thru grade take them and they catch on cory too,
Hungary- cory cory cory
rawford’s
Endicott s
Mcveans
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Also faeds
832-885-4927/ cheryl 1/1/245 c heryl cheryl slovakei/ no u all run it
Tourism plus dollars $+ +$ and delta air and royal Caribbean there and and ok restaurants tali these are good $ set ups in am meet at grocery stores out of country and run it ok cool!!!
Rosalindas
Schechwan – China
Charles
Moehlles trumps bonds
Look at list and get the t
rest too you
No not me cheryl! They are your connected names family members now
Italy- grocery stores
They will stay out of America in Italy and they have Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm grocery stores and beautiful land areas and outter terrain their family member look alikes are 89 individual – look alikes in Torino, Italy
Do this Torino, italy and get them out of Columbus, ohio And Dayton, Ohio and lake,eerie,Ohio area
Call them by name
Tell them there actual as adults and other family members are actuals in these areas now do this campiss family. This is where they belong as actuals this is there actual thnk u
Maija is not a Berzins get her now to Italy as an actual, to Italy she goes and to be a Italian wife too mr. Von trapps And Mr. and Mrs. Todd and Maija von trapp – married to run Torino, Italy – good bye t o car sales Torino, Italy to run and be husband and wife as actuals finally for real- Torino, Italy – all the way to Torino, Italy to be actuals asmadults for the first time – now good bye 89 individual look alike me. Von trapps and Maija and maya and maya / Von trapps also – Italian –
Campisis
Russo’s
Kennedy’s
TRhey nave never done this this is there actual as adult I’m happy for them have a party at inner restaurants $1800.00 welcome party and they also have new $ residences and 5* hotel * last name reserve for this is there and process gm. You all know what your doing thnk u yeah I’m happy for,them!
denmark-Occidental
denmark-Mccleans
France-downy
Call each other from website phones $ ‘s – such as for example rype in mobile phone or any computers
Italy- campisi
Germany- wadley, Moore, Walker, walkir, freidl, horst, westphal, amd baumgartl, ok get them out and here and outmon delta airlines and shuttle buses, ok,it’s out plus $ s I own it I run it here al pretend adults
France- McKinnon , bushses fredas, there wifes there also,as actuals not here pretnd adults ok get them in this area
At Wyndham hotels in area in Houston, Texas katy, i 10 houston, Texas past on right from George Bush intercontinental airport Houston, Texas past from freeway 45 to 6@0 west loop south to, past dairy Ashford, past Eldridge street on right Wyndham hotels Houston, Texas america there actual as wifes and family members are this and there new residence she too are for them just ask the inner condominium areas
Denmark, Crawford’s , Occidentals, Brinkley’s, Moore’s, Cummings, Cummins, ask in our area there in my area come ow and get them in jave free hotels for them
Crawford’s
Endicott s
Meyers
France- Brinkley, Crawford,all,an,
Ok neat they have New now! Ok nourish,them over ther check on them grocery stores all the time and get up and all
Mexico- gomez, vladis, vladiz,
Ok run these areas Andy get rhem started new all the time and Nigeria- blacks you all nigeria extra cruise space
Pretnd adults ok me cheryl
France- janice
1 st to 6 th thru grade take them and they catch on cory too,
Hungary- cory cory cory
rawford’s
Endicott s
Mcveans
No not pret names adults the real world cigarette time ok this is Iceland’s our $ look at website and call at 3:23 am each other ok and run it run around come on groceymstores and oh taxi cans well check out other country plus $ s ok cool just kidding discuss area pkus $ s e
Also faeds
832-885-4927/ cheryl 1/1/245 c heryl cheryl slovakei/ no u all run it
Tourism plus dollars $+ +$ and delta air and royal Caribbean there and and ok restaurants tali these are good $ set ups in am meet at grocery stores out of country and run it ok cool!!!
Rosalindas
Schechwan – China
Charles
Moehlles trumps bonds
Look at list and get the t
rest too you
No not me cheryl! They are your connected names family members now
Italy- grocery stores
They will stay out of America in Italy and they have Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm grocery stores and beautiful land areas and outter terrain their family member look alikes are 89 individual – look alikes in Torino, Italy
Do this Torino, italy and get them out of Columbus, ohio And Dayton, Ohio and lake,eerie,Ohio area
Call them by name
Tell them there actual as adults and other family members are actuals in these areas now do this campiss family. This is where they belong as actuals this is there actual thnk u
Nigeria gold burgs
Whoopie
Kannadays
HArgroves
MArtins
Luther’s
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Kings
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Poco exican
Endicott Frances
Meyer France
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Walker
Walkir these 2 Belgium’s too
Bagwell
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Blount
Good,an
Gillespie
Goodyear
Lansin
Danskin
DAnsk
Iceburg
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Iil
Illasidora
Nimfas
Danakin DAnsk
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Steele France
Bagwell France
SIbles
France
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Gersxhwins China
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These adults live,in there last names
Olgita mexico
Get them out now thnk u
France walker
Denmark occidental
France Walkir
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Anniston’s
SInatra,trhey haven’t done this
Ok now
These aren’t processed,yet I’ve done nothing here you are Cheryl
/ccs