23.11.2005
Start of diesel engine production for Chevrolet Europe in March 2006

Production of the new diesel engines for the Chevrolet Europe vehicles will start at the new powertrain facility of GM Daewoo in Gunsan, South Korea, in March 2006.

Construction of the new diesel engine plant adjacent to one of GM Daewoo’s three vehicle manufacturing facilities in Korea was completed on March 31, 2005. Pilot production commenced on September 1, 2005. The 19,200-square-meter facility will have an annual manufacturing capacity of 250,000 engines.

The facility will produce two variants of four-valve single overhead cam common rail engines with a displacement of 2.0 liters jointly developed by GM Daewoo, GM Powertrain and VM Motori:

The version with fixed geometry turbo (FGT) will develop 88 kW (120 hp) at 4,000 rpm and maximum torque of 280 Nm at 2,000 rpm.

The high-performance version with variable geometry turbo (VGT) will turn out 110 kW (150 hp) at 4,000 rpm and maximum torque of 310 Nm at 2,000 rpm.

The engines will comply with Euro IV emission standards. A diesel particulate filter will be offered for both versions to further reduce the level of particulates present in exhaust gases.

The Chevrolet Captiva will be the first to feature one of the newly developed diesel engines (the high-performance 150 hp version). The two diesel engines will be built into other Chevrolet vehicles in the near future.