2010 H3 getting DI 3.6L V6, Atlas Dead?
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2010 H3 getting DI 3.6L V6, Atlas Dead?
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/21/2...-injected-3-6/
This is just what the H3 needs, but with the H3 dropping the 5 cyl. and the TrailBalzer going away does this mean the atlas engines are dead?
This is just what the H3 needs, but with the H3 dropping the 5 cyl. and the TrailBalzer going away does this mean the atlas engines are dead?
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I imagine that would be the case. I'm ok with it...makes all cars using that engine cheaper to build. Atlas is a great engine line, but its too bad GM didn't make them short enough to fit in a car. I personally think the I6 would've made a great 290hp engine for larger cars like the Lucerne, DTS etc.
The only problem there is that it sounds like an angry tractor
The only problem there is that it sounds like an angry tractor
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I imagine that would be the case. I'm ok with it...makes all cars using that engine cheaper to build. Atlas is a great engine line, but its too bad GM didn't make them short enough to fit in a car. I personally think the I6 would've made a great 290hp engine for larger cars like the Lucerne, DTS etc.
The only problem there is that it sounds like an angry tractor
The only problem there is that it sounds like an angry tractor
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How the hell do you figure that? My dad's had two of them, both rated at 15/20, and he's always averaged over 18 MPG. Not bad for a larger mid-sized SUV!!!
He's taken his '05 from MA to FL 3 years in a row, and with 2 people and enough luggage for 2 weeks they average over 19 MPG doing 70-75. If that's bad for a car that size with that amount of HP, then I'd like to know what you consider good???
He's taken his '05 from MA to FL 3 years in a row, and with 2 people and enough luggage for 2 weeks they average over 19 MPG doing 70-75. If that's bad for a car that size with that amount of HP, then I'd like to know what you consider good???
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How the hell do you figure that? My dad's had two of them, both rated at 15/20, and he's always averaged over 18 MPG. Not bad for a larger mid-sized SUV!!!
He's taken his '05 from MA to FL 3 years in a row, and with 2 people and enough luggage for 2 weeks they average over 19 MPG doing 70-75. If that's bad for a car that size with that amount of HP, then I'd like to know what you consider good???
He's taken his '05 from MA to FL 3 years in a row, and with 2 people and enough luggage for 2 weeks they average over 19 MPG doing 70-75. If that's bad for a car that size with that amount of HP, then I'd like to know what you consider good???
That is worse than the suburban, sequoia, durango, commander, etc etc. It is actually pretty close to the largest of SUV's out there today. Go to something like the acadia, which is still larger, it gets 16/24. I would pretty much call it crap for today's SUV's.
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look at the HP and torque curves on http://media.gm.com/us/powertrain/en...08/08truck.htm
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The trip in the 'Burban I'm driving right now says 15.9mpg lifetime after 72k. It's an '04 fyi.
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If the H3 is getting the 3.6 then I dont see why the Colorado won't. The Atlas engine will be ~8 years old by then - good time for a change. However if atlas dies completely they'll have to develop a new I4 for the Colorado base engine.
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DI version of the 2.4L Ecotec? Ecotec 2.4L is already setup for RWD. Since mileage will be important maybe even a smaller turbo ecotec, but that would also add cost.
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Thank God! We had two cars in today for oil changes with the 3.5 in them ('05 G6 50k miles, 07 Malibu 6K) and they both had the oil pans leaking already. If GM is to get anywhere on the list of being reliable cars, they need to learn how to build their V6s like they build their V8s, leak free. They also need to get rid of that leaky 4spd auto in the medium FWD applications. I havn't seen any at work, but I can only hope that the 3.6 has better gaskets than the 3.5/3.9 or any past GM V6s.
