Chevrolet's 500,000th Duramax diesel mill rolls out in Thailand

MANILA: Automakers from around the world are always in the hunt for reaching various milestones, don't they? Whether it is a million models of a particular car or the lineup as a whole, numbers are what the automobile manufacturers like. On this occasion, General Motors, an American auto-giant, has just built the 500,000th unit of its Duramax diesel mill. General Motors has achieved the milestone almost 8 years after starting the production of the four-cylinder Duramax turbo-diesel engine at its GM Powertrain Thailand plant.

Produced in Thailand since 2011, the Duramax turbo-diesel comes in two different avatars, a 2.5-litre, and a 2.8-litre unit. Both the current-generation Chevrolet Colorado and Trailblazer models come housing the aforementioned diesel powerhouses. Thanks to the EGR cooler for emissions compliance, the Duramax diesel engines are Euro-5 ready.

The turbo-diesel engines feature an aluminium cylinder head, integrated oil cooler, and a variable-geometry turbocharger. While a high-pressure common-rail fuel delivery system provides the motors with better performance, fuel efficiency, durability, and output, a balancer shaft and laminated lower oil pan contribute to the low NVH levels.

General Motors also cited that in 2018 alone, the plant exported around 80,000 or 20% of the total engines produced to date. Also, the 2.8-litre Duramax turbo-diesel mill is made exclusively in Thailand. We here ZigWheels congratulate both General Motors and Chevrolet for reaching the milestone of 500,000 Duramax engines.

However, do you know that the American automaker has been quite desperate in bumping up the sales numbers of late? And, in the quest of the same, Chevrolet went bonkers and launched the Colorado 4th of July Edition in Thailand, which made no sense at all. The automaker then came up with the Trailblazer Perfect Edition II, probably an amendment for the Colorado 4th of July Edition. Check out the SUV here.

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