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RobertRyan wrote:

VM Motori did the Colorado 2.8 diesel and prior to that the 2.9 in tbe Cadillac? Several websites mentioned their involvement
Traditionally they do small diesels

Can you please provide a link stating that VM Motori helped design the new GM 3.0L diesel?

Gosh this was difficult. They were talking of quite a few diesels for 2018

GENEVA -- General Motors' diesel development center in Turin, Italy, will be one of the company's few remaining European outposts once the sale of Opel and Vauxhall to PSA Group closes this year.

So, why keep it?

GM plans to use the center in part to handle Opel and PSA engineering services during the transition and for years afterward. "Torino will also continue the work it performs for GM's regions worldwide, including North and South America," said GM spokesman Tom Read.

At a media event last month in Detroit to introduce the Chevrolet Cruze diesel, Dan Nicholson, GM's vice president of global propulsion systems, told reporters that the Torino engineering center, born out of the ashes of the failed GM-Fiat powertrain alliance, employs some of the industry's most capable diesel engineers.

The 600 engineers there not only develop diesel engines, but also design, engineer, test and validate the emission-control equipment and write the software that governs the engines and emissions systems.

Chevrolet Cruze diesel

 


As GM has brought out new diesel engine architectures, the Turin center's importance has grown beyond Europe's borders. With the Cruze diesel, for example, Turin's engineers not only tackled some of the strictest emissions regulations on the books related to NOx, or nitrogen oxides, but also helped it attain a 52 mpg highway fuel-economy rating, making it only the fifth nonhybrid car since the early 1990s to top 50 mpg. Turin engineers also helped develop the engine management system for the big Duramax diesel V-8, used in GM's heavy-duty pickups. 
Power center

Turbodiesel engines developed by General Motors' Torino engineering center
1.0-liter 3-cyl., 57 hp (Chevrolet Spark)
1.4-liter 4-cyl., 75 hp (Chevrolet Sail)
1.6-liter 4-cyl., 110 hp (Opel Astra, Zafira, Insignia, next-gen Astra, next-gen Antara)
1.6-liter 4-cyl., 136 hp (Chevrolet Cruze; Opel Meriva, Astra, Insignia)
1.6-liter 4-cyl., 160 hp (Opel Astra)
2.0-liter 4-cyl., 170 hp (Opel Insignia, Zafira, Cascada)
2.8-liter 4-cyl., 200 hp (Chevrolet Canyon, GMC Colorado)