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Ecotec (capitalized ECOTEC, from 'Emissions Control Optimisation TEChnology') is a General Motors (GM) trademark that refers to a series of emissions technologies that were implemented throughout a range of GM engines. ECOTEC can refer to the following diesel and petrol engines produced by General Motors:

Ecotec Family 0 - straight-4 DOHC engines produced by Opel and GM Powertrain US.

Ecotec Family 1 - straight-4 DOHC engines produced by Opel, GM Korea, and GM do Brasil.

Ecotec Family II - Straight-4 all-aluminium DOHC engines produced by GM Powertrain US, Opel, Holden Engine Company, and GM do Brasil.

Ecotec V6 - a version of the Series II 3800 V6 engine, produced by the Holden Engine Company between 1995 and 2004.

CDTI Ecotec - common rail diesel engines for Opel cars, produced by Fiat (MultiJet)

VCDi Ecotec - common rail diesel engine for Chevrolet and Opel, produced by GM Korea (a licensed VM Motori RA 420 SOHC)

DTI Ecotec - diesel engines for use in Opel cars, produced by Isuzu (Circle L).

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List of GM engines

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