General Motors is stepping up its engine game. Today it released first details of a new range of three- and four-cylinder Ecotec engines from 1.0 to 1.5 liters that replace no fewer than three ...

General Motors Co. will pour $185 million into a former Saturn car plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., to make a new generation of small gas engines to power some of its bestselling small cars and crossovers ...

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 ...

You may be reading this and wondering why PHR is doing a story on a four-banger. The answer is simple: this new turbocharged Ecotec makes V-8 power, while retaining four-cylinder fuel mileage. To ...

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 ...

A faulty PCV valve can cause many problems, including engine misfires, oil dilution, hard starts, a rough idle, and oil leaks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ecotec 2.0-liter I-4 engine that powers the all-new Buick Regal GS has been named one of Ward’s 10 best engines in North America. The Ecotec 2.0-liter turbo’s 270 horsepower is the highest ...