Truck Engines
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In the 1980s and 1990s GM produced the 6.2 L and 6.5-liter V8 Diesels for use in light trucks and in the HMMWV.
Today, GM uses Diesel engines from DMAX, originally a joint corporation between GM and Isuzu, namely the Duramax V8 engine and Isuzu 6H Engine (for trucks) but offers no domestic Diesel passenger cars. Opel is one of the leading proponents of Diesel cars in Europe, however. In the 1970s, Opel developed the first Opel Diesel engine ever. This 2.1-litre engine made some records in a car specially built for this purpose, the Opel Rekord D (2100 cc, 60 hp). Later versions were used in the Rekord E and the Ascona B. Vehicles using these engines could be identified by a little "hill" in their hoods. Without this "hill" in the hood, the space for the engine would have been too small. Kadett D, E and Ascona B and C models also used an Opel engine (1600 cc, 54 hp). Later Isuzu engines were installed, namely for the Corsa A (1500 cc, 50 hp (37 kW) and 1500, turbo, 67 hp) as well as for the Kadett E and Vectra A (Vectra A TD: 82 hp).
Opel today uses common rail direct injection engines designed and produced through cooperation with Fiat S.p.A (MultiJet). Ownership of both designs was acquired by GM in 2005, and a new GM Powertrain Europe division in Turin, Italy (home of Fiat) was founded to manage these assets. The Fiat Diesel engine has 1900 cc, but before this cooperation, Opel had already developed two of their own engines, namely 2-litre Diesels with 82 and 100 hp (70 kW); which were installed mostly in the Vectra B. GM Daewoo recently licensed two common rail designs from VM Motori.
Read more about this topic: List Of GM Engines
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