Four-cylinder engines are usually associated with efficiency and compact packaging, yet a handful of engineers have stretched the format to astonishing sizes. The five engines below represent some of ...

General Motors' Town of Tonawanda Engine Plant has bid farewell to an engine it had produced since 1999, as it moves on to new products. A crew of 13 employees built the final Ecotec 2.4-liter ...

General Motors has started production of its Ecotec 4-cylinder engine to power the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu and Cadillac ATS at its Tonawanda plant. The US$425m investment will support production of the ...

General Motors says that its new modular ‘Ecotec’ architecture will streamline its powertrain portfolio for future models, to reduce manufacturing complexity and improve its customer offering. The new ...