(S)GM(W) ENGINES IN CHINA AND ELSEWHERE

 

As soon as Shanghai General Motors started building cars in 1999, it developed varieties of existing engines, such as 2.5 and 3.0 versions of the 60° V6 engine.  For specific details and model applications, see On a Global Mission: The Automobiles of General Motors International

SGM(W) multi-port DOHC 4-valve engines:

Modelled after Opel engines, arrived in 2010 SGM’s own engine family with unique bore and stroke dimensions, at first in the Chevrolet Sail, the first SGM-developed car.  This 1399cc engine, that China also fitted in its 2011 Aveo, differed from the Daewoo 1399cc, and of course also from the later SGE engine family variant. 

Likewise, the 1349cc variant in the 2015 Chevrolet Sail3 should not be confused with the 1349cc in the Daewoo Lanos, nor with the 1349cc in the later dual injection engine family. 

The 1485cc engine arrived in August 2011 in the Baojun 630, and became a hit in numerous variants, with double variable valve timing added, and fitted in most Baojuns and Wulings and various entry-level Buick and Chevrolet models, and also in the Uzbek-built Daewoo Gentra/Chevrolet Lacetti.

The 1372cc turbo variant replaced the imported 1364cc engine in the Buick Encore in mid-2013 and had similar output specifications but with the torque revs starting at 1700 instead of 1850 rpm due to a split turbocharger, with the engine boost bypass channel directly controlled by a solenoid valve.

In 2016 arrived a 1451cc turbo variety with the torque increased from 200 to 230 Nm for the Baojun 730 and 560, to which Baojun developed one with 250 Nm to cope with a CVT.  This engine employs a new highly efficient combustion system. The engine’s optimized intake duct’s tumble ratio has been increased from 1.8 to 2.35. This produces greater intake pressure and a higher compression ratio, further reducing the engine’s fuel consumption by 10 percent.

SGM(W) multi-port DOHC 4-valve engines:

alloy head

multi-point injection

engine

net

rated

from

to

cyl

cc

bore

stroke

code

kW

hp

kW

hp

rpm

Nm

rpm

compr.

Wuling:

14.12

19.06

L4

1349

73.8

78.8

LEW

73

99

76

103

6000

127

4000

10.8

VVT

CHN

Chevrolet Sail3

13.06

16.11

L4

1372

73.8

80.2

LFF

103

140

105

143

4900

200

1700~4800

9.5

DVVT Turbo

CHN

Buick Encore, Chevrolet Trax

16.11

19.06

LFF

105

143

108

147

4900

205

1800~4800

9.5

DVVT Turbo

CHN

Buick Encore, Chevrolet Trax

15.03

17.10

LFF

103

140

106

144

4900

200

1700~4800

9.5

DVVT Turbo

CHN

Buick Excelle GT

10.01

15'

L4

1399

73.8

81.8

LCU

76

103

6000

131

4200

10.2

VVT

CHN

Chevrolet Sail, Aveo

IDN: Chevrolet Enjoy

10.09

13

LCU

75

102

6000

131

4200

10.2

VVT

CHN

Wuling Hongguang

' -19 in export (Sail)

16.07

L4

1451

73.8

84.7

LL5

102

139

110

150

5500

230

2000~3800

9.5

DVVT Turbo

CHN

Baojun

730 (II)

560

530

Wuling Hongguang S3

18.11

LTX

106

144

114

155

5500

230

2000~3800

9.5

as above,  + BSG Motor

CHN

Baojun

730 II

18.11

LJO

108

147

111

151

5200

250

1600~3600

9.8

DVVT Turbo

CHN

Baojun

730 II

530

RS-5

19.07

China 6b standard

LJO

104

141

108

147

5200

250

2200~3400

9.8

DVVT Turbo

CHN

Baojun

730 II

RM-5, RC-6

530, RC-5

RS-3/RS-5

Hongguang S3, Plus, Victory, Jiachen

Zhengcheng, Xingchen, Xingchi

19.02

103

140

5200

250

1800~3600

9.8

DVVT Turbo

IDN

Wuling

Cortez

Almaz

19.06

105

143

5000

250

1600~3600

9.8

DVVT Turbo, + hybrid

IND

MG Hector

19.05

147

5500

230

2000~3800

DVVT Turbo

SAm

Chevrolet Captiva

20.03

105

143

5000

255

2400

9.8

DVVT Turbo

MidE

Chevrolet Captiva

19.08

20

105

143

250

1600~3600

9.8

DVVT Turbo

THA

Chevrolet Captiva

18.08

L4

1485

74.7

84.7

L2B

72

98

77

105

5800

147

3600~4400

10.2

CHN

Hongguang S, xin S, V

13.04

CHN:19

L2B

80

109

83

113

6000

141

4000

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Buick Excelle (Kaiyue), Chevrolet Sail/Aveo (export until 23.09), Cruze Classic, Lova RV, Cavalier

20.03

China 6b standard

L2B

80

109

83

113

6000

141

4400

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Buick Excelle GT, Chevrolet Monza

20.07

23.08

China 6b standard

L2B

72

98

75

102

5000

143

4000

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Buick Velite 6 PHEV (range extender)

14.08

L2B

78

106

82

111

5800

147

3600~4000

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Baojun

730 (II)

360

510

310(W)

Hongguang, S, S1, S3

Rongguang V'

15.06

17.10

L2B

81

110

84

114

6000

143

4400

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Buick Excelle GT

18.03

74

100

79

107

5800

142

3800~4400

10.2

DVVT

IDN

Wuling

Cortez

Confero

19.07

China 6b standard

L2B

74

100

77

105

5600

135

3600~5200

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Baojun

730 (II)

360

510/RS-3

310W

19.07

China 6b standard

LAR

70

95

73

99

5800

143

3400~4400

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Baojun

RM-5

360

510/RS-3

RC-5

Confero S, Jiachen, Xingchi

23.02

LAR

77

105

5800

143

4000~4600

10.2

DVVT

IDN

Wuling

Alvez

19.07

China 6b standard

LAR

73

99

5800

140

3400~4400

10.2

DVVT

CHN

export: Chevrolet Aveo 2024

Hongguang xin S, S3, V, Plus

Zhengtu, Rongguang V"

23.04

China 6b standard

LAR

75

102

5400

136

4000~4800

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Zhiguang, Rongguang S

20.03

China 6b standard

L3C

70

95

73

99

5400

135

3800~5000

10.2

DVVT

CHN

Rongguang lwb, truck

13.11

LM9

78

106

6000

141

4200

10.2

UZB

Daewoo Gentra/Chevrolet Lacetti/Ravon Gentra

11.08

For earlier applications, see 'On a Global Mission', Volume 2

' + early Hongguang V

 

" 2 seater: 136 Nm

 

Liuzhou Saike Technology direct injection DOHC 4-valve engines:

This engine, currently dubbed ‘280T’, introduced direct injection to SGMW, starting with the Baojun RS-5 300T in June 2020 and at the end of that year with the inofficial Baojun RS-7 SUV, and by 2022 in the Wuling Victory. The 3-cylinder 1199cc ‘245T’ is in the inofficial Baojun RS-5 PHEV, and was also intended for the RS-3.

Liuzhou Saike Technology direct injection DOHC 4-valve engines:

alloy head

direct injection

engine

net

rated

from

to

cyl

cc

bore

stroke

code

kW

hp

kW

hp

rpm

Nm

rpm

compr.

21.06

21

L3

1199

75.1

90.3

245T

92

125

96

131

5300

245

1500~3000

10.5

DVVT Turbo

CHN

Baojun

RS-5 PHEV (not official)

20.06

L4

1498

75.1

84.6

280T

125

170

130

177

5300

290

1500~3500

10.5

DVVT Turbo

CHN

Baojun

RS-5; RS-7 (not official); Wuling Victory

 

SGM/SAIC dual injection DOHC 4-valve engines:

This family, part of the SAIC-GM-the-eighth-generation Ecotec brand, was conceived for Shanghai GM, also for usage by SAIC in their Roewe/MG/Maxus models.  This twin-jet engine uses port (indirect) injectors only, but closer to the valves. 

A 999cc variation with direct injection arrived in April 2019 in the Chinese market Onix, not to be confused with the 4-cylinder OHC 999cc engine in the previous generation Onix, at that time still available in South America, and replaced late in 2019 (a DOHC variant was available in the Brazilian Corsa around the turn of the millennium, see 'On a Global Mission', Volume 2).  Both 999cc DOHC engines stopped being offered in China by 2022.

Another 3-cylinder 999cc engine, with different bore and stroke dimensions is used in the SGE family (see hereunder), but in China only by MG/Roewe.  

SGM E-Tec DOHC 4-valve engines:

all alloy

engine

net

rated

from

to

cyl

cc

bore

stroke

code

kW

hp

kW

hp

rpm

Nm

rpm

compr.

dual (indirect) injection

17.10

19.03

L3

999

72.6

80.4

LJI

85

116

92

125

5600

170

2000~3600

9.5

dual injection, turbo

CHN

Buick Excelle GT/GX

18.03

19.06

LJI

85

116

88

120

5200

165

1700~4400

9.5

dual injection, turbo

CHN

Chevrolet Cavalier

19.03

22.09

China 6b standard

LIW

85

116

92

125

5600

170

2000~4000

10.0

dual injection, turbo

CHN

Chevrolet Monza, Buick Excelle GT/GX

19.04

China 6b standard

LIV

85

116

92

125

5800

180

1350~4500

10.5

direct injection, turbo

CHN

Chevrolet Onix (CHN > MEX by 22), Tracker (-22 CHN), Buick Encore (-22), Verano (-21)

21.07

85

116

5800

175

1500~4200

10.5

direct injection, turbo

PI

Chevrolet Tracker

SGM/SAIC E-Tec DOHC 4-valve engines:

all alloy

18.06

19.09

L3

1349

80

89.4

LI5

76

103

79

107

6200

133

4000

11.5

dual injection

CHN

Buick Excelle (Kaiyue)

19.09

China 6b standard

LGB

76

103

79

107

6200

130

4000~4400

11.5

dual injection

CHN

Buick Excelle (Kaiyue), Chevrolet Onix (MEX by 22)

17.10

20.11

LI6

115

156

120

163

5500

230

1800~4400

9.5

dual injection, turbo

CHN

Buick Excelle GT/GX, GL6, Chevrolet Orlando

17.10

19

LI6

115

156

120

163

5200

230

1800~4400

9.5

dual injection, turbo

CHN

Roewe RX3, Maxus D60, G50

19.03

China 6b standard

LIY

115

156

120

163

5500

230

1800~4400

10.0

dual injection, turbo

CHN

Buick Excelle GT/GX, GL6, Chevrolet Orlando, Monza (= Cavalier MEX: 230 Nm/1600 rpm)

19.06

23

China 6b standard

LIY

115

156

120

163

5200

230

1800~4400

10.0

dual injection, turbo

CHN

Roewe RX3, MG ZS, Maxus D60, G50, Euniq 5&6 Plug in

21.11

103

140

5600

220

3600

dual injection, turbo

IND

MG Astor 220 Turbo (=ZS)

 

Wuling Liuji-developed DOHC 4-valve engine:

This engine is said to have been modelled after Toyota's alloy 1ZZ-FE engine (arriving in the 1998 American Corolla and Chevrolet Prizm), using its bore and stroke, but quoting a more optimistic 1798cc.  This engine became superfluous for Baojun in mid-2016 at the release of the 1451cc turbo, and was abandoned (with automatic clutch) in autumn 2018 at the release of the CVT transmission in the 1.5 turbo.  It continues in the Rongguang pickup.

Wuling Liuji DOHC 4-valve engine:

all alloy

multi-point injection

engine

net

rated

from

to

cyl

cc

bore

stroke

code

kW

hp

kW

hp

rpm

Nm

rpm

compr.

Wuling:

14.12

17.04

L4

1798

79

91.5

LJ479QE2

98

5600

182

3600

10.0

VVT

CHN

old Zhengcheng, Rongguang truck

15.01

18

LJ479QNE2

96

131

101

137

5600

186

3600~4600

10.0

VVT

CHN

Baojun

730 (II)

560

530

18.03

20

90

122

95

129

5600

174

3600~4600

10.0

VVT

IDN

Wuling

Cortez

18.03

18

96

131

101

137

5600

186

3600~4600

10.8

VVT, EGR cooler

CHN

Baojun

730 II

530

19.08

China 6b standard

LJ479Q6

92

125

5600

180

3600~4400

VVT

CHN

Rongguang truck

 

Wuling Liuji-developed Atkinson DOHC 4-valve engine:

The LJM20A engine is combined with electric motors, creating hybrid variations of the Wuling Xingchen Asta and (yet to come) Victory.  The LJP60 HEV hybrid assembly units by Wuling Liuji, a subsidiary of Guangxi Automobile Group, has commenced scale production in May 2022.  The launch of the HEV hybrid assembly units marked the breakthrough of the division from a traditional fuel engine manufacturer to a multi-dimensional vehicles’ power system supplier extending to the business segment of different types of new energy vehicle.  Wuling’s HEV hybrid is not the P2 combination of the previous CVT + motor, nor the multi-gear structure of SAIC. 

The non-hybrid LJM20B engine came in the Wuling Zhengcheng by September 2022.

Guangxi Automobile Group, established in May 2015, and previously known as Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co., Ltd., completed relocation of its special vehicle project, and its new NEV manufacturing site started production in October 2021.  The company was originally owned by the state government but it turned into a mixed-ownership enterprise by accepting private capitals.  

Wuling Liuji Atkinson DOHC 4-valve engine:

multi-point injection

engine

net

rated

from

to

cyl

cc

bore

stroke

code

kW

hp

kW

hp

rpm

Nm

rpm

compr.

22.08

L4

1999

81

97

LJM20A

92

125

100

136

5600

175

4000~4400

13.5

DVVT Atkinson

CHN

Wuling Xingchen HEV, Kaijié HEV, Jiachen HEV, Xingyun

22.11

 

92

123

5600

168

4000~4400

IDN

Wuling Almaz hybrid (Baojun 530)

22.09

LJM20BQE2

92

125

100

136

5400

186

4000~4400

12.6

DVVT Atkinson

CHN

Wuling Zhengcheng

23.04

LJM20B

96

131

100

136

5400

192

4000~4400

12.6

DVVT Atkinson

CHN

Wuling Longka

 

SGE 4-cylinder DOHC 4-valve engines:

This engine family with central direct injection was mainly conceived by Opel, and used worldwide by General Motors and by SAIC, that used the same technology for their larger MGE engine range.  All share the same bore of 74 mm, with a bore pitch (spacing between the cylinders) of 81 mm. 

Note, that Vauxhall advertised the Adam to have 998cc, not to be confused with the 3-cylinder DOHC engine that was used up to 2014 in the Corsa.  Actually, the SGE 3-cylinder has 998cc.  In a country like Japan, it is practice to round down the decimal in any case, resulting in differences between domestic and export cc quotations. 

Where SGM has started a new generation 1.5 turbo engines of their own in the Buick Verano Pro in September 2021 (with dual fast cam phasers, see hereunder), SAIC Motor launched their NF1 engine, developed from the SGE, in August 2019 in the Roewe RX5 MAX, equipped with a 35 MPa high-pressure fuel injection system.

GM in America launched the LSD variant in September 2022, also with a higher-pressure fuel system (35 MPa from 20 MPa).

SGE 4-cylinder DOHC 4-valve engines:

all alloy

direct or multi-point injection, DVVT

engine

net

rated

 

from

to

cyl

cc

bore

stroke

code

kW

hp

kW

hp

rpm

Nm

rpm

compr.

15.01

19

L3

999

74

77.4

10XFL/LE1

66

90

3700

170

1800~3700

10.5

central direct injection, turbo

EUR

Opel/Vauxhall Corsa, Adam, Opel Astra

15.10

19

10XFL/LE1

77

105

5500

170

1800~4250

10.5

central direct injection, turbo

EUR

Opel/Vauxhall Astra

15.01

18

10XFT/LE1

85

115

5000

170

1800~4500

10.5

central direct injection, turbo

EUR

Opel/Vauxhall Corsa, Adam

15.06

18

10XE/LTW

55

75

6500

95

4500

10.5

multi-point injection

EUR

Opel Karl/Vauxhall Viva

18.01

19

10XL/LTW

54

73

6500

95

4500

10.5

multi-point injection

EUR

Opel Karl/Vauxhall Viva

15.08

23

L5Q

55

75

6500

95

4500

10.5

multi-point injection

KOR

Chevrolet Spark

17.03

19

10E4E

92

125

5200

170

2000

10.5

central direct injection, turbo

CHN

MG ZS, MG6 PHEV, Roewe (e)i6

17.11

10E4E

82

111

5200

160

1800~4700

10.5

central direct injection, turbo

EXP

MG ZS

15.11

18

L4

1399

74

81.3

14XE

74

100

6000

130

4300

10.6

multi-point injection

EUR

Opel/Vauxhall Astra

15.11

22

LV7

73

98

6200

127

4400

10.6

multi-point injection

USA

Chevrolet Spark

17.03

73

98

6200

128

4400

10.6

multi-point injection

PI

Chevrolet Spark

16.03

19

73

98

6200

124/128

4400

10.6

multi-point injection

AUS

Holden Spark

15.11

19

14XFL/LE2

92

125

4000~5600

230~245

2000~3500

10.0

central direct injection, turbo

EUR

Opel/Vauxhall Astra

 

15.11

19

14XFT/LE2

110

150

5000~5600

230~245

2000~4000

10.0

central direct injection, turbo

EUR

Opel/Vauxhall Astra

17.08

19

14XNT/LFE

81

110

5600

200

2000~3600

10.0

central direct injection, turbo

EUR

Opel Astra CNG

16.05

18

14XFT/LE2

112

152

5600

235

1850~4900

10.0

central direct injection, turbo