General Motors and SAIC to jointly develop small engine and dual clutch transmission
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/" rel="tag">GM</a></p><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/gm-saic-transmission.jpg" /><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/">General Motors</a> has reached an agreement with one of its primary Chinese partners, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp. (SAIC), on the joint development of powertrains for small vehicles.<br />
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GM and SAIC will develop and produce a family of four-cylinder engines ranging from 1.0- to 1.5-liters with direct injection and turbocharging. The GTDI engines should cut fuel consumption by around 20 percent compared to similarly-sized engines with equivalent output.<br />
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The engine will be used in GM and SAIC vehicles in China and around the world, and to go along with the new engine, the partners will also develop a small dual-clutch transmission that should provide a 10 percent boost in efficiency over current six-speed torque converter automatics. Work on the engine and transmission will occur at GM's powertrain engineering center in Pontiac, MI and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center in Shanghai. <br />
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GM has yet to announced when the new powertrains will debut in production, but mid-2011 is a safe bet.<br />
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