That's an inline? Huh, didn't know that.

I thought for sure they'd go V6 like FCA and Ford.

Nope! 😄

Cuz that's mainly what those guys do now when it comes to trucks: copy each other.

GM's 2.7T 4 cylinder is probably the newest idea any of the Big Three have had for trucks in years

Yeah, I'm hesitant about that. Maybe in commercial vans, or as a base option in the Camaro lol

Tiny 4bangers don't belong in trucks

2.7 liters is "tiny"

For a 4 banger

Wot

The cylinders in that thing are massive

It's big for a 4banger, tiny in displacement for a truck

I'm willing to bet it will make torque far easier than the 2.7 ecoboost

For a 4 cylinder, low revving turbo engine, that's huge

And it doesn't even make much boost

For a base truck engine, it's a massive improvement over the 4.3L V6

I'd trust the robustness of that 4.3 more over the new 4cyl

Well yeah

That's basically any 20 year old engine, though

Turbocharging has not equated automatically to bad reliability since the 1980s, though.

No, but new engine tech usually does

What about this engine is new?

Everything

Not the base tech it uses.

That's Ecotec shit that's been used since the 2000s

It's not based on the ecotec

Not any ecotec engine in particular no.

Point is, yeah I wouldn't trust it either

For now.

But I wouldn't trust an N/A engine right out of the gate either.

No engine is trustworthy when new. Give it two or three years, though, and this one has potential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVr9V72xurA

Seen it

👍

lol

I like this direction for truck engines though.

Mid displacement, low boost, high compression.

Be interesting to see what they replace the 5.3 ecotec with. Probably either a small V8 or a large V6 turbo

I'd love to see like a new Nova, with this 4cyl, competing against the BRZ/86

I think a de-bored/stroked version of this engine (like, 2.5L maximum) would be perfect for a sporty Cruze.

Cruze SS would be great.