General Motors' modern Ecotec engine family first saw the light of day in 2000, when a 2.2-liter inline-four making 147 hp debuted for global use in the Opel Astra — the German brand was a GM ...

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General Motors is one of the most storied and well-established automakers on the planet. Sure, it might have ruffled some feathers in the past, like when it introduced leaded fuel, or when the ...