General Motors will invest $200 million in Flint to produce a family of new, small, fuel-efficient engines starting in 2015, reports Detroit Free Press.
The new four-cylinder engines will power the next generation of the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan. The engines probably will be added to vehicles such as the Chevrolet Sonic subcompact and Buick Encore small crossover later, the newspaper said.
Also, GM plans to produce engines in China, Hungary, Mexico and South Korea by 2017, when annual global production should reach 2.5 million.
The engine family will range from a 1.0-liter three-cylinder to 1.4- and 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder models. Power will range from 75 horsepower to 165 horsepower. GM calls the engines Ecotec, the name it also uses for its current four-cylinder power plants.
Source: Detroit Free Press
