In addition to the presentation of the Volt, and the on the eve of the international debut of the Cruze world car at Paris, Chevrolet has announced the engines that will be destined to equip these two models, giving us some details about what we can expect.

Factory production will take place at Flint in Michigan, a city with some General Motors history. Investment in the project will be around 370 million dollars, and will be the base for the 1.4 litre, four cylinder production of “Family Zero”.

The engine will be created in two versions, the first, an aspirated one, will have power of about 100hp and will support the Volt’s electric engine. The second however, will be a turbo compressed unit of 140hp.

The 1.4 litre will also equip another two models in the US market: in this era of down-sizing GM is counting on the 1.4 to take four cylinders in the US to at least a third of the market.

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