A multinational team led by GM’s Torino Engineering Center and supported by engineers from GM India announced that production of a new 1.0-liter three-cylinder diesel engine will start in June 2011.
The new compact engine will also be the peak torque leader for its displacement in the Indian market (140 N&iddot;m @ 1,750 rpm) and low-end peak torque leader for its displacement worldwide at 100 N&iddot;m @ 1,250 rpm, GM says.
GM Torino and GM India Engineering collaborated closely to design in specific regional features and content requirements. Features of the engine include an iron block, aluminum DOHC cylinder head, lifetime maintenance-free timing chain, centrifugal blowby separator filter for lower oil consumption, low-noise timing gears, a balancer shaft for state-of-the-art NVH and a precisely sized waste-gated turbocharger.
The 1.0-liter turbo-diesel engine will be manufactured at GM India’s Talegaon plant in Maharashtra and will be launched on the Chevrolet Beat in the second half of 2011.