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August 25, 2007 – Vol.12 No.22 GM Announces 2008 Global Powertrain Lineup. Includes hybrids, new small engine variants, clean diesels and six speed transmissions. Among them: --- The industry’s first 2-Mode hybrid system will make its debut with a new 6.0L V-8 in GM’s full-size sport-utility vehicles. Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon hybrids will deliver up to a 40-percent improvement in city fuel economy over non-hybrid versions and up to a 25-percent improvement overall. GM will expand this application to the Cadillac Escalade and GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado crew cabs in 2008. --- Three hybrid models for ’08 are equipped with the current GM Hybrid system, including the Saturn Vue Green Line compact SUV, and the Saturn Aura Green Line and Chevrolet Malibu hybrid sedans. The Hybrid system reduces fuel consumption via electronic controls and a unique electric motor/generator mated to a 2.4L Ecotec VVT four-cylinder engine and Hydra-Matic 4T45 four-speed transmission. --- Also in 2008, Saturn will unveil the 2009 model year Saturn Vue Green Line that uses GM’s new front-wheel-drive 2-Mode hybrid system, expected to achieve up to a 45-percent improvement in composite fuel economy compared to the non-hybrid Vue. --- GM also has future plans to produce a Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid, and is working to make the necessary battery technology available. This vehicle has the potential to achieve up to double the fuel economy of any current SUV. --- For 2008, GM will offer 17 diesel engine variants available in 45 vehicle lines around the world, including a new 1.9L four-cylinder diesel engine for the Saab 9-3 and Cadillac BLS in Europe. --- GM is launching five new 1.0L to 2.0L engines for Europe, Asia and Latin America in 2008. The 2.0L Ecotec will be available as flex-fuel operating on with E85 ethanol blend. This turbocharged, intercooled, E85 engine for the Saab 9-3 and Cadillac BLS is the first E85 application in the Ecotec family of engines. --- In 2008, GM will have more than 22 vehicle lines globally with FlexFuel capability and 12 models in North America. GM is increasing production by 25 percent to more than 400,000 units annually and supplementing more than 2.4 million GM-built FlexFuel vehicles already on the road in all 50 states. --- GM will also have nine new six-speed transmissions globally in front-, rear- and all-wheel-drive variants that provide up to a 4-percent improvement in fuel savings and a 7-percent improvement in performance. New six-speed models in the 2008 model year include the 6T40 and 6T45. These models will launch in products for Korea and Europe and later in the model year, in the Chevrolet Malibu for North America. (8/24/07)
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