Generation Why: Free Product Advice For GM (Or Anyone Else)
General Motors has often been the focus of criticism at Generation Why – despite what some of the B&B suggest, it’s merely a function of the fact that they put themselves out there the most when...
View ArticleGM Unveils New, Clean-Sheet Ecotec Family
General Motors has unveiled a new generation of their Ecotec engine family, whose 11 three- and four-pot powerplants will find a home under the bonnets of 27 models by 2017. Automotive News reports...
View ArticleDiesels, Refinement Key To Kiefer’s Vision Of Future GM Engine Development
General Motors head of global powertrain and former Delphi senior vice president of powertrain systems Steve Kiefer aims to steer engine development toward a brighter future, one influenced by his...
View Article2016 Chevrolet Cruze Gets Standard Turbo Mill, Diesel Will Continue
After all the hubbub caused by the Alfa Romeo Giulia reveal yesterday, the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Cruze got lost in the melee. But, it’s here, and it’ll be packing a 1.4L turbocharged four-cylinder...
View ArticlePiston Slap: I Like the Sprite in You?
Oh yessss!!! (photo courtesy: www.britishv8.org) Nicholas writes: A friend recently acquired the carcass (very deliberate choice of words) of a Bugeye Sprite. We were discussing what engine might go...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 2010 Pontiac G6
When The General decided to eliminate the Oldsmobile brand— I’m still convinced that the main reason for the execution was the syllable Old in the marque’s name— the process took nearly a half-decade,...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 2007 Pontiac G5 GT Coupe
While General Motors may have developed an alarming rod knock during the middle 2000s, culminating in Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009, The General’s Pontiac Division was shooting rods through the hood by...
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