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GM planning for almost 100,000 4.5L diesels a year

General Motors is expecting their new Duramax 4500 diesel V-8 to be a popular option in their trucks after its 2009 introduction. The engines will be built at GM's Tonawanda, New York engine plant and the company is preparing to build 400 engines a day. That works out to about 94,000 engines a year. The new engine will be launching in the Hummer H2 and then get added to other full-size trucks. If diesels turn out to be popular in other vehicles and fuel economy regulations are raised it wouldn't be surprising to see production expanded and ... Read more →

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