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GM is going to release Diesel Cruze

drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
Maybe we will finally see some small trucks with Diesel engines again?
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2011-07-22-diesels_n.htm
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe that's what's gonna power the new Chinese ship.......[:0]
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  • Sav99Sav99 Member Posts: 16,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wonder which Jap manufacturer is building this little diesel engine for GM?
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sav99
    I wonder which Jap manufacturer is building this little diesel engine for GM?


    Jap??.. GM's plant in S. Korea. They have already sold diesel cruzes in Australia since 2011. Time to come to America

    The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze CDX's brand-new turbodiesel engine is sourced from GM's specialist diesel engine manufacturing plant in Gunsan, South Korea. The inline four-cylinder DOHC engine features an electronically controlled turbocharger and a high-pressure common-rail system. Compared to the VM Motori-built engine, the GM diesel is quieter, with lower emissions and better fuel economy. As if that wasn't enough, it also delivers 9 percent more power (161 hp at 3,800 rpm) and 12.5 percent more torque (265 lb-ft at 1,750 rpm).
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    quote:Originally posted by Sav99
    I wonder which Jap manufacturer is building this little diesel engine for GM?


    Jap??.. GM's plant in S. Korea. They have already sold diesel cruzes in Australia since 2011. Time to come to America

    The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze CDX's brand-new turbodiesel engine is sourced from GM's specialist diesel engine manufacturing plant in Gunsan, South Korea. The inline four-cylinder DOHC engine features an electronically controlled turbocharger and a high-pressure common-rail system. Compared to the VM Motori-built engine, the GM diesel is quieter, with lower emissions and better fuel economy. As if that wasn't enough, it also delivers 9 percent more power (161 hp at 3,800 rpm) and 12.5 percent more torque (265 lb-ft at 1,750 rpm).


    They should put that motor in the Colorado too
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  • Sav99Sav99 Member Posts: 16,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Korean or Jap either way, they build it in the US. In case they hadn't noticed, we could use the jobs.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like they build them all over the world..[:)]

    Assembly

    Australia: Elizabeth, South Australia
    Brazil: Sao Caetano do Sul, Sao Paulo
    China: Shenyang, Liaoning
    India: Halol, Gujarat
    Kazakhstan: Ust-Kamenogorsk
    Russia: Saint Petersburg
    Vietnam: Hanoi
    South Korea: Gunsan, Jeonbuk
    Thailand: Rayong
    United States: Lordstown, Ohio
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  • shoff14shoff14 Member Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I drove a GM diesel car last week. It seemed to drive ok, still louder then a gasoline vehicle if you mind those things.
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  • Sav99Sav99 Member Posts: 16,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lordstown Ohio plant seems to be just an assembly facility. I was stating that GM should build that new Korean diesel engine in the United States. We need the jobs here. Let Kia build cars in Korea.
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  • cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am a diesel fanatic
    All my vehicles, generator, mower are diesel
    But no obammy motors vehicles ever for my family
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Originally posted by Sav99
    Lordstown Ohio plant seems to be just an assembly facility. I was stating that GM should build that new Korean diesel engine in the United States. We need the jobs here. Let Kia build cars in Korea.


    What? Maybe the folks can get jobs at toyote plants here in the U.S.A. or just eat beans. I don't feel remorse anymore for all the foreign car buyers who live here... Sooner or later GM will just pull the plug on America just for importing. Won't be long.
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    Isn't that Vin Diesel's brother?
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  • DRP-AZDRP-AZ Member Posts: 2,318 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It'll be overpriced as hell. Little diesels always seem to be.

    Can you imagine how well a Jeep diesel would sell for? They had a sweet one in the Liberty and the Limited but only for a few years.

    How about a little Sidekick sized 2 door canvas top SUV?
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by DRP-AZ
    It'll be overpriced as hell. Little diesels always seem to be.

    Can you imagine how well a Jeep diesel would sell for? They had a sweet one in the Liberty and the Limited but only for a few years.

    How about a little Sidekick sized 2 door canvas top SUV?




    I think we'll be reading about diesel cruze engine swaps real soon.
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    anyone have MPG ratings on this
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