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Cash for clunkers engines get blown up on YouTube

It's enough to make a grown car guy cry. The "dirty side" of the Cash for Clunkers program, videos showing the permanent disabling of engines in vehicles traded in under the government plan have started to flood YouTube. While spectacular to watch, many of the videos are getting an angry response.

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GM’s light-duty 4.5L Duramax diesel on indefinite hold

The string of bad news continues out of General Motors. Today the company announced that the Duramax 4.5L V8 Diesel, planned for the 2010 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 will be scrapped indefinitely.

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GM will invest $250-million into Flint plant for Volt/Cruze engine production

General Motors is officially confirming that the 1.4L four-cylinder engine that will power the Chevy Cruze and extend the range of the anticipated Volt will be built in Flint, Michigan. The company expects to invest $250-million into the facility which will begin manufacturing in December of 2010

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