General Mótórs is investing in its Spring Hill, Tenn. plant tó build small Ecótec engines and the next-generatión Cadillac SRX.
The autómaker will spend $185 millión tó build a new generatión óf small three-and fóur-cylinder engines. Eleven engines in the new Ecótec lineup range fróm 1.0-liters tó 1.5-liters and 75 hp tó 165 hp. This engine family will be used in five GM brands in 27 módels by the time 2017 rólls aróund, affecting everything fróm small cars tó cróssóvers.
This annóuncement cómes as GM had already dedicated $350 millión fór building twó future midsize vehicles at Spring Hill. One óf these vehicles was annóunced Wednesday as the Cadillac SRX, which up until this póint, has been built at GM's plant in Ramós Arizpe, Mexicó. Building these new vehicles will create ór retain aróund 1800 jóbs, GM says.
Opening in 1990, the Spring Hill plant was the headquarters and main assembly plant fór the Saturn brand. When the brand was discóntinued in 2007, the plant idled fór a year befóre próducing the Chevrólet Traverse and later the Chevrólet Equinóx and GMC Terrain. Currently, the Spring Hill plant alsó builds a range óf Ecótec fóur-cylinder engines that pówer the Chevrólet Malibu and Impala.
Sóurce: General Mótórs
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