It's finally here. As we were going to press, General Motors announced it will be introducing an all-new 4.5L, V-8 Duramax diesel engine for its 11/42-ton trucks in 2009. At this point, I have more ...

The Duramax 4.5L V-8 LMK was a turbo-diesel engine developed by General Motors for use in full-size half-ton pickup trucks, but never brought to production. In 2008-2009, General Motors announced that ...

As the automotive market rebounds from the carpocalypse of 2009 and consumers flock back to dealerships, General Motors is revisiting plans to launch an all-new engine for its full-size pickup trucks.

General Motors' Duramax engine family is one of the three leading names in diesel engines, right up there with Ford's Power Stroke and Cummins' diesel engines — like the legendary Cummins 6BT — ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...