GM Debuts First Turbo Direct Injection Powertrain in a China-Built Product
21 April 2009
The Buick New Regal 2.0 Turbo, GM’s first product built in China that will be available with a turbocharged direct injection diesel engine, is making its world premiere at Auto Shanghai 2009. The new powertrain gives New Regal buyers a choice of three engines.
The new-generation 2.0-liter Turbo Direct Injection engine has two overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, and common-rail, multiple fuel direct injection, together with a variable geometry turbocharger for a rapid throttle response at low rpm.
It generates maximum power of 162 kW (220 hp) at 5,300 rpm and peak torque of 350 N·m (258 lb-ft) at 2,000-4,000 rpm. It can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.8 seconds, which will make it the most powerful turbocharged engine on the market. The engine comes with a maintenance-free diesel particulate filter as standard equipment and meets the Euro 5 emission standard.
The New Regal intermediate sedan was introduced in China in December 2008. It is based on a new global vehicle architecture developed by General Motors in Europe in cooperation with GM design and engineering teams worldwide, including the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) in Shanghai.
...which will make it the most powerful turbocharged engine on the market.
It's rather sad to read the outdated PR hype that was in vogue when this year's vehicle were conceived 5-7 years ago...
Posted by: Will S | 21 April 2009 at 07:16 AM
This would have been a nice product here in the U.S. five years ago. It might have changed the fate of GM, if just a bit.
Posted by: SJC | 21 April 2009 at 08:12 AM
Is it true that:
1) the Buick brand may be sold or merged to a large Chinese car manufacturer or be untied from GM USA as a stand alone company?
2) the same thing may happen to GM Opel and to other GM European and Asian operations?
3) GM USA would be restructed and downsized to phase out the current gas guzzlers and produce future 21 century electrified vehicles for the local market?
Posted by: HarveyD | 21 April 2009 at 09:21 AM
The last I heard, they would keep Chevy and Cadillac for GM, the other divisions, who knows? Buick sells more in China, so maybe someone would buy them. They say Pontiac will stay, but I doubt it. Saab and Hummer are for sale. I do not have a clue on Opel, but I bet the Germans do.
Posted by: SJC | 21 April 2009 at 11:52 AM
Be smart. Bring these job home. Let the Chinese build their own cars.
Posted by: Reel$$ | 22 April 2009 at 12:53 PM