Ecotec (capitalized ECOTEC, from "Emissions Control Optimization TEChnology") is a General Motors (GM) and Opel Automobile GmbH (Opel) trademark that refers to a series of emissions technologies that were implemented throughout a range of GM engines. ECOTEC can refer to the following diesel and petrol engines originally produced by General Motors:
Ecotec Family 0 – straight-four DOHC engines produced by Adam Opel AG and GM Powertrain US.
Ecotec Family 1 – straight-four SOHC/DOHC engines produced by Adam Opel AG, GM Korea, and GM do Brasil.
Ecotec Family II – straight-four SOHC/DOHC engines produced by Adam Opel AG, Holden, and GM do Brasil.
Ecotec L850 – straight-four all-aluminium DOHC engines produced by Adam Opel AG, GM Powertrain US, and Saab Automobile Powertrain AB.
Ecotec V6 – a version of the Series II 3800 V6 engine, produced by the Holden Engine Company between 1995 and 2004.
CDTI (Common Rail Diesel Turbo Intercooled) Ecotec – common rail diesel engines for Opel/Vauxhall cars:
Originally designed and produced by Fiat (MultiJet) and currently produced by Adam Opel AG. Also produced by Isuzu (Circle L).
VCDi Ecotec – common rail diesel engines for Chevrolet and Holden cars, produced by GM Korea (a licensed VM Motori RA 420 SOHC and Family Z).
DTI / DI (Diesel Turbo Intercooled) Ecotec – diesel engines for use in Opel/Vauxhall cars, produced by Isuzu (Circle L).
Originally designed and produced by General Motors (GM Ecotec Diesel), replaced by Isuzu (Circle L) and Fiat (MultiJet) engines.
SIDI (Spark Ignition Direct Injection) Ecotec – petrol Medium Gasoline Engine produced by Adam Opel AG.
EcoTec3 is the name used on General Motors' Small Block Gen 5 Engines. All include direct injection, cylinder deactivation, and continuously variable valve timing, either in V6 form of 4.3L or V8 form of either 5.3L or 6.2L.
The trademark ECOTEC has also been used on Opel automobiles which are powered by the following engines produced by PSA PowerTrain:
EB: The ECOTEC trademark is used on the Opel Crossland X and Opel Grandland X equipped with the 110 hp variant (Crossland X) and 130 hp variant (Grandland X) of PSA's EB petrol engine. Lower-powered variants of this engine lack an engine designation, while higher-powered variants (for Crossland X) are designated as TURBO.
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Ecotec (capitalized ECOTEC, from "Emissions Control Optimization TEChnology") is a General Motors (GM) and Opel Automobile GmbH (Opel) trademark that refers...
The GM Ecotec engine, also known by its codename L850, is a family of all-aluminium inline-four engines, displacing between 1.4 and 2.5 litres. Confusingly...
badged Ecotec, and for later model Corsas and Opel Tigras it was replaced with X16XE Ecotec engine. The main difference between C16XE and X16XE Ecotec is...
an independent suspension, short-long arm type, in front and rear. The Ecotec engine is widely used, as is a 5-speed manual transmission. A 5-speed automatic...
offered in LS, 1LT, and 2LT models with either a 2.2-liter or a 2.4-liter EcoTec Inline four-cylinder gasoline engine and a five-speed manual transmission...
gasoline engine developed by Opel Automobile GmbH and marketed as 'SIDI Ecotec'. Production began in late 2012 at Szentgotthárd, Hungary. The engine features...
assessment program. An export version with reinforced bodyshell, 1.8-litre Opel Ecotec Family 1 gasoline engine, and Aisin four-wheel drive was under consideration...
Tonner. The VX Commodore-based Ute launched with a locally built 3.8-litre Ecotec V6 engine of Buick design. A 5.7-litre Generation III V8 engine option was...
powerplant design for much of the 1980s, and provided the basis for the later Ecotec series of engines in the 1990s. The Family II shares its basic design and...
the right. GM Ecotec family (Generation I and II) GM LLT and late High Feature family The completely re-engineered Generation III Ecotec includes a new...
were replaced by the 2.2 L Ecotec engine, and would be the only powertrain available for the remainder of production. The Ecotec engine was also an option...
900/9-3, 9000, and 9-5. The 2003 GM Epsilon-based 9-3 switched to the GM Ecotec engine, leaving the 9-5 as the sole user of the H engine. The H family of...
to 2019 model years, the Slingshot was powered by a GM-sourced 2.4 liter Ecotec inline four that produced 173 hp (129 kW) at 6200 RPM and 166 lb-ft (225...
$425 million for the next Generation Ecotec 2.0:/2.5L 2010 $400 million for a new V8 small block engine Ecotec GenIII 2.0L Turbo 2.5L Small-Block Engine...
from Isuzu, with 1.7 liters and 82 PS, also a 2.0 L Ecotec with either 82 PS or 101 PS and 2.2 L Ecotec with 125 PS. In 2001, the all new 2.2 L petrol engine...
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door handles, remote start, fog lights, and a new more powerful B14XFT Ecotec inline four-cylinder direct fuel injection VVT engine rated at 153 hp (114 kW;...
rear, and four-wheel disc brakes. Many of the Epsilon vehicles use the Ecotec Inline-four engines and both the High Value and High Feature V6 engines...
increased to 155 hp (116 kW). 2005: Initially released with the L61 2.2 Ecotec in-line 4 cylinder with DOHC and 4 valves per cylinder putting out 145 hp...
hybrid powertrain combining 20-kilowatt (27 hp) electric and 2.5-liter Ecotec gasoline engine. North American production ended with the third generation...
2004 when the 2.2 L Ecotec was offered on the Classic. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel mileage estimates for the 2.2 L Ecotec engine are 21 mpg‑US...
Toyota Celica, the Speedster was designed to use a 2.2 L (130 cu in) GM Ecotec engine from the Opel Astra. Neither engine had been used in the original...
trucks. For the J-cars, it evolved through 2002 when it was replaced by GM's Ecotec line of DOHC 4-cylinder engines. In the S-10 related models, it evolved...
'Ecotec' version, the X20XEV (136 hp, 100 kW) parallel with the C20XE. In Europe from 1994 all Astra models were offered with the 2.0 L 16V Ecotec X20XEV...
with a 1.7 L DTI Ecotec turbodiesel engine supplied by Isuzu (Circle L) with 75 hp (55 kW). This was later joined by the 1.7 L DI Ecotec turbodiesel engine...
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