DETROIT – General Motors has confirmed that it will still invest approximately $250 million to bring the 1.4L 4-cyl. Family 0 engine production to Flint, Mich.

The engine capacity for the Chevy Volt and Cruze will be allocated to existing and available floor space in the company's Flint South engine plant located on Bristol Road.

Preparations to the Flint South plant for installation of new machinery and equipment will begin this spring. Production of the 1.4L engines is targeted to begin in December 2010.

The company said production of Family 0 engines at Flint South will be GM's "most flexible and competitive engine manufacturing lines in the world," with approximately 150 stations that will allow production of multiple 4-cylinder engine families without retooling.

This means that GM will not invest in new floor space at this time because of current capital expenditure constraints and available floor space in existing facilities.

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