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Production - USA - GM's small-block motor celebrates 50th anniversary, ninety million built
Detroit,Mich,USA -680news.com (VANCOUVER,Can), by: STEVE MERTL -Oct 30, 2005: -- Awash in red ink and losing market share, General Motors Corp. still has had something to celebrate this year - the 50th anniversary of perhaps the most popular engine in history... The small-block V-8 motor debuted in the 1955 Chevrolet sedan and will always be identified with Chevy... But the compact, lightweight but powerful "mouse motor" would eventually proliferate throughout GM's divisions for economic reasons... More than 90 million small-blocks have been produced... GM is also looking at other approaches for the small-block, such as gas-electric hybrid V-8s for its trucks, and gasoline direct-injection, which allows very precise fuel metering...
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