Discover the surprising Japanese roots of GM's popular Duramax diesel engine, a powerhouse for US pickup trucks since 2001.

The first-generation 3.0-liter LM2 Duramax diesel engine was a GM product manufactured in Michigan. The engine became the first diesel for GM's Chevy and GMC light-duty trucks since 1997, and the ...

The Duramax name is not a new one, having first arrived on the scene back in January 2001. This wasn't a 3.0-liter inline-six; the Duramax was a 6.6-liter V8 diesel turbo engine designed to power GM's ...

While the Duramax engine family has been around for a while, only one engine can truly claim to be the Holy Grail of GM's ...

One of America's most beloved turbodiesel engines, the 3.0-liter inline-six Duramax, powering the GM full-size SUVs, has just bid farewell to the car industry for good. GM killed it last week. August ...

The Chevrolet Silverado HD — and its corporate twin in the GMC Sierra HD — can be had with either a standard 6.6-liter gasoline V8, or the optional 6.6-liter Duramax turbo-diesel. Opting for the TD ...

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Shortly after the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession that followed, GM canceled its 4.5L V8 LMK turbodiesel Duramax engine. Originally destined for the engine bays of GM’s 2010-model-year ...

About two decades after the launch of the 6.6-liter Duramax V8, GM's 3.0-liter Duramax inline-six turbodiesel arrived in 2019 with a promise to deliver "outstanding fuel economy, great horsepower, and ...

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