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Together with the announcement of the new 4.5-litre V8 turbodiesel, General Motors has also announced an investment of $100 million into its facility in Tonawanda, New York, to produce the latest engine.

GM Powertrain Tonawanda currently manufactures the 2.2-litre I4 gasoline engine for the Chevrolet Cobalt and HHR models; I4 and I5 gasoline engines for the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickups and the Hummer H3; the Pontiac G6 range’s 3.5- and 3.9-litre V6 gasoline engines, which are also featured in Chevrolet’s Malibu and Impala sedans, and the 8.1-litre V8 which powers the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick medium-duty trucks.

The investment is said to pay for renovations, new machineries, equipments and special tooling of the 200,000 sq-ft facility. The OEM says it will spend another US$41m on vendor tooling, containers and investments at other locations to support Tonawanda. The construction will proceed later this year.

“GM’s investment in the Tonawanda plant, on a total of $1.6 billion in the last ten years, is a significant vote of confidence in our employees and UAW Local 774,” said John Buttermore, GM Powertrain vice president of global manufacturing.

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