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GM diesel experience?
GM built stationary, industrial and marine diesels...they even built a diesel airplane engine! They built them in many various configurations mostly two cycle.
They have never built a purpose built automotive diesel. V-8 GM diesels, aka Oldsmobile V-8's, were a laugh...any diesel engineer frowns on V type diesels anyway. Inline engines do best. There are German and other V configured marine engines and they are a maintenance nightmare.
There is a 14 cylinder inline 110,000+ HP diesel being built right now and used in super container ships for Maersk Lines (shipping co.)
Diesels are low rpm, high power engines...last forever and get the best bang for the buck/gallon. With rail injection; they are now quiet. A 3 cylinder is ideal for a nifty, quick high mpg 4 door sedan, albeit not so large a car but economical and long long lasting.
Watch Suzuki...clever engineers...just like the old Plymouth engineers many a year ago.
Ask me, worked on diesels all my life.
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