Why Gm Is Closing 4 Plants?

[neto1978]

GM just need to make high-performance light-duty diesel engines in LARGE SCALE replacing the gas engines with the same rates of horsepower and torque;

For example :

 

Today's diesel engines provide 20-to-40-percent better fuel economy and offer more torque at lower rpm when compared to their gasoline counterparts.

According to the Department of Energy, if 30 percent of the passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the U.S. had diesel engines, U.S. net crude oil imports would be reduced by 350,000 barrels per day. To put this in context, U.S. crude imports averaged well over 20 million barrels a day in the first half of 2005, according to the Energy Information Administration, a statistical agency within the Department of Energy, so diesel is only one piece of a more comprehensive solution to oil dependency.

 

The only problem I see is the price of diesel engine ,but in a large scale production ,gm could match the price for instance of a 6.0 liter vortec.

 

We ain't gonna stop buying trucks ,we need them ,it's a family tradition...

 

What do you think?

[BigJayDogg3]

Honestly, in a perfect world where everything happened like it was supposed to, it might work, but we don't live like that. Yes, I am kinda cynical.

[Woodcutter]

The only problem I see is the price of diesel engine ,but in a large scale production ,gm could match the price for instance of a 6.0 liter vortec.

 

You're right, we aren't gonna stop buying trucks. But I doubt turbo diesel engines for light trucks will ever be built as cheaply as the current 4.8/5.3/6.0 lineup what with all the required emissions technology for diesels to meet current EPA regs. No matter how large scale the production. Besides, right now I wouldn't want a diesel at >$1.00/gallon compared to gasoline.

[gave20]

Unfortunately GM's not going the diesel route, their putting all their eggs in the Volt basket. GM should have followed Honda's suite and really improved CURRENT fuel source technology. Honda's new diesel hybrid is capable of getting 53MPG highway and 44MPG city. GM had the opportunity with the 4.5L but chose to make it a hog on HP/TQ and therefore killing any future sales.

 

Everything is cyclical and it looks like we're going to repeat the 1970's gas crunch which was a boom for Japan and Boon for Detroit all because GM's ex's are still stuck in the horsepower area.

[Draenor]

Everything is cyclical and it looks like we're going to repeat the 1970's gas crunch which was a boom for Japan and Boon for Detroit all because GM's ex's are still stuck in the horsepower area.

 

I think they cancelled history in the schools. None of the kids know "Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat itself."