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This page displays news, reviews, pictures and other information about GM’s Ecotec engine family.

GM 6.2L V8 Engine Failures Also Affecting Australia And New Zealand

Trouble Down Under.

SCG 004 Mini Boot Kit Car Is Designed Around The GM EcoTec Four-Cylinder

It may be eligible to race in the Baja 1000 and Dakar off-road events.

2020 Polaris Slingshot Ditches 2.4L GM EcoTec Engine For A New 2.0L

Polaris has developed its own high-revving 2.0L.

What If GM Engines Adopted The TriPower Name More Broadly?

Where Ecotec failed, TriPower can succeed.

2019 Chevy Malibu Gets All-New 1.3L Turbo Three-Cylinder Engine In South Korea

That's right - a three-cylinder engine for the midsize Malibu sedan.

General Motors Files Trademark Applications For ‘Hydrotec’

The filing gives us a few clues about what this might might be.

Opel Karl (Vauxhall Viva) Makes Public Debut At 2015 Geneva Motor Show

The Karl represents Opel's most affordable vehicle.

All-New Chevrolet Cruze To Debut This Year With New Ecotec Engines

The engine family will span five brands, and was engineered globally.

Opel Celebrates 100 Years Of Four-Valve Engines

It was technology originally developed for racing.

Watch This V8-Powered Opel GT (Saturn Sky) Take On A C6 Vette: Video

The V8-powered roadster was tuned by Opel tuner Irmscher.

GM Needs A Prominent Engine Brand: Opinion Desk

While competitors have EcoBoost, SkyActiv, and EfficientDynamics, The General has Ecotec, Eco, and eAssist. But are those brands strong enough?

This Ecotec-Powered Dragster Runs The Quarter Mile In 6.75 Seconds

Two-liter turbo, meet 6.75 seconds.

GM Assembles 3 Millionth Ecotec Engine

That's 3,000,000.

GM Announces All-New Ecotec Engines

These engines will be the love-children of General Motors, China's Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corperation, and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center.

How Would You Like 350 HP From A 2.0-Liter ECOTEC? Opel CEO Karl Stracke Likes The Idea

Not only is it possible, but GM has a mule with the engine running around town as we speak.

RPO Central: GM Releases 2012 Buick LaCrosse Info, Trim Levels Be Gone Edition

Goodbye CX, CXL, or CXS. We won't miss you! Welcome eAssist, LFX!

Tonawanda, NY Engine Plant To Birth New ECOTEC By 2012, V8 By 2013

The General Motors Tonawanda, NY engine plant is currently undergoing an $825 million makeover in preparation for the production of...

Why The Buick Regal GS Is A BAD Idea

This article is part of the GM Authority Opinion Desk series, where you can see exactly what’s on the minds...

Opel Prices Astra Sports Tourer (Wagon) At €18,000, Will Make Debut At Paris

Opel has announced pricing for its Astra Sports Tourer, which will be present at the upcoming Paris Motor Show from...

GM To Build Next-Gen ECOTECs At Spring Hill (TN), Tonawanda (NY) Plants

General Motors has elected to build its next-generation ECOTEC four-cylinder engines at the Spring Hill, Tennessee facility.

GM To Invest $20 Million In Bay City Powertrain Plant

This is the third investment of its kind in the facility this year.

General Motors Gives Mild Hybrids Another Chance

The Chevrolet Volt isn’t the only alternative propulsion effort being pursued by General Motors. According to GM executive director of...

A Chevrolet Spark With A Big Spark

Chevrolet will premiere a special edition Chevrolet Spark as a pace car for the upcoming WTCC (World Touring Car Championship)...

GM Faces Uphill Battle Marketing Turbo Technology

Some automotive journalists are of the opinion that – based on Ford’s marketing of its EcoBoost engines – customers might...

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