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 has unveiled a new family of small, three- and four-cylinder engines developed in Pontiac that will eventually power one of every four vehicles GM builds. Engines from the new EcoTech ...

The standard 2.5-liter, 197-horsepower engine that comes on the Malibu LS, LT and LTZ trim levels should be enough power for anyone. But Chevrolet is now making a brand-new 2.0-Liter turbocharged ...

When most people think about engine swaps, they want to go bigger and better. Gen III and Gen IV GM LS engines are all the rage, and for good reason, but bigger isn't always better when you're trying ...

General Motors Spring Hill powertrain plant produced its 4 millionth Ecotec engine yesterday, just two years after the 3 millionth engine was assembled at the site. The Spring Hill facility currently ...

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 ...

GM introduced its new modular family of Ecotec engines on Wednesday at its powertrain headquarters in Pontiac, Mich. The new, reduced-in-size three- and four-cylinder mills will replace three of GM's ...

General Motors is developing an all-new global engine family of smaller capacity petrol motors, called Ecotec small gas engine. These engines, which will power GM cars worldwide, will offer improved ...

PONTIAC, MICHIGAN—Kendell Fulton, one of the key engineers behind General Motors' ambitious new portfolio of engines, patted two of the powerplants and said with a smile, "If both of these were ...

1 millionth Chevy 1.4-liter engine built in Flint Engine Operations recently built its 1 millionth 1.4-liter turbo engine, which is used in the Chevrolet Volt, Cruze and Sonic. Employees celebrated ...