Ecotec

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Ecotec (capitalized ECOTEC, from "Emissions Control Optimization TEChnology") is a General Motors (GM) and Opel Automobile GmbH (Opel) trademark that refers to a series of emissions technologies that were implemented throughout a range of GM engines. ECOTEC can refer to the following diesel and petrol engines originally produced by General Motors: * Ecotec Family 0 – straight-four DOHC engines produced by Adam Opel AG and GM Powertrain US. * Ecotec Family 1 – straight-four SOHC/DOHC engines produced by Adam Opel AG, GM Korea, and GM do Brasil. * Ecotec Family II – straight-four SOHC/DOHC engines produced by Adam Opel AG, Holden, and GM do Brasil. * Ecotec L850 – straight-four all-aluminium DOHC engines produced by Adam Opel AG, GM Powertrain US, and Saab Automobile Powertrain AB. *Ecotec V6 – a version of the Series II 3800 V6 engine, produced by the Holden Engine Company between 1995 and 2004. * CDTI (Common Rail Diesel Turbo Intercooled) Ecotec – common rail diesel engines for Opel/Vauxhall cars: ** Originally designed and produced by Fiat (MultiJet) and currently produced by Adam Opel AG. Also produced by Isuzu (Circle L). * VCDi Ecotec – common rail diesel engines for Chevrolet and Holden cars, produced by GM Korea (a licensed VM Motori RA 420 SOHC and Family Z).…

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