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{{distinguish|Flint Truck Assembly}}
{{Infobox factory
| name = Flint Engine Operations
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| coordinates = {{Coord|42.9325|N|83.6450|W|format=dms|region:US-MI_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| operated = 2002–present
| location = [[Flint, Michigan]]
| industry = [[automotive industry|Automotive]]
| products = [[Engines]]
| employees = 706 (2022) <ref name=offic/>
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| volume = {{cvt|1,165,212|sqft|m2|-1}} <ref name=offic/>
| address = 2100 Bristol Road <ref name=offic>[https://www.gm.com/company/facilities/flint-engine-operations Flint Engine Op] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911105104/https://www.gm.com/company/facilities/flint-engine-operations |date=2022-09-11 }} at GM.com</ref>
| owner = [[General Motors]]
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'''Flint Engine Operations''' (previously, '''Flint Engine South''') is a [[General Motors]] [[automobile]] [[piston engine|engine]] factory in [[Flint, Michigan]]. The plant opened in 2002 and is named to replace the [[Flint North]] engine plant. The plant currently produces the small four-cylinder [[GM small gasoline engine|SGE]] and [[Duramax I6 engine]]s. The factory receives cast engine blocks from Defiance Foundry in [[Defiance, Ohio]] and [[Saginaw Metal Casting Operations]] in [[Saginaw, Michigan]]. It replaced [[Flint North]].

==History==
Flint Engine South began operations in 2002.<ref name=MLive-2018/> It produced inline five and six cylinder versions of the [[GM Atlas engine]]<ref name=NYT-2001>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/10/automobiles/a-straight-approach-to-a-new-engine.html |title=A Straight Approach to a New Engine |author=Cobb, James G. |date=June 10, 2001 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610010536/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/10/automobiles/a-straight-approach-to-a-new-engine.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=MLive-2009/> until that engine line was discontinued in 2009 alongside the [[GMT360]] platform.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/the-forgotten-inline-engine-gm-s-4-2-liter-atlas-i-6/ |title=The Forgotten Inline Engine: GM's 4.2-liter Atlas I-6 |author=McNabb, Mark |date=October 21, 2016 |work=Top Speed |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> Shortly after Flint Engine South was completed, Powertrain Flint (aka Flint North) was closed and demolished.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2023/01/gm-to-make-positive-plant-manufacturing-announcement-at-flint-engine.html |title=GM to make 'positive plant manufacturing announcement' at Flint Engine |author=Fonger, Ron |date=January 19, 2023 |work=Michigan Live |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326063414/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2023/01/gm-to-make-positive-plant-manufacturing-announcement-at-flint-engine.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Flint Engine South also produced [[GM High Feature engine|3.6L High Feature DOHC V6 engine]]s (HFV6) for the [[Chevrolet Traverse]], [[Buick Enclave]], and [[GMC Acadia]] [[crossover utility vehicle]]s and [[Cadillac CTS]] and [[Cadillac STS|STS]] sedans.<ref name=Reuters-2010>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/retire-us-gm-flint/gm-to-invest-163-million-at-three-plants-idINTRE6AN3YD20101124 |title=GM to invest $163 million at three plants |author=Bailey, David |date=November 24, 2010 |work=Reuters |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> High Feature engines were produced in the northern half of the plant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/gm-breaks-ground-on-new-additions-at-flint-engine-facility |title=GM breaks ground on new additions at Flint Engine facility |date=December 5, 2012 |work=NBC25 Mid-Michigan Now |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>

On September 25, 2008, GM announced a $370 million investment to build another engine plant at the Flint South complex. The new plant was designed to produce the 1.4L [[GM Family 0 engine]] ("FamZero") for the [[Chevrolet Cruze]] and [[Chevrolet Volt|Volt]] models beginning in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2008/09/gm_expected_to_announce_new_en.html |title=GM expected to announce new engine plant for Flint |author=Fonger, Ron |date=September 25, 2008 |work=Michigan Live |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022142615/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2008/09/gm_expected_to_announce_new_en.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, major work was suspended that December as the [[2008–2010 automotive industry crisis|automotive industry crisis]] worsened,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/retire-us-gm-plant-idUSTRE4BG6L820081217 |title=GM suspends major work on Flint engine plant |author=Krolicki, Kevin |date=December 17, 2008 |work=Reuters |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> eventually resulting in the [[General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization]] of 2009. By February 2009, GM announced that rather than a new plant, the existing plant would be retooled for FamZero.<ref name=MLive-2009>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/2009/02/chevrolet_volt_engine_to_be_bu.html |title=Chevrolet Volt engine to be built at Flint Engine South |author=Fonger, Ron |date=February 24, 2009 |work=MLive |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> That October, GM announced it was investing $200 million to complete the retooling, with production scheduled to start in late 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/retire-us-gm-volt-idUKTRE59C42P20091013 |title=Key GM engine plant to be running by late 2010 |author=Woodall, Bernie |date=October 13, 2009 |work=Reuters |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> In November 2010, GM announced additional investments in Flint to increase production to a planned 1,200 FamZero engines per day by the end of 2012.<ref name=Reuters-2010/>

[[File:Buick City and Flint Engine in Flint, Michigan by Sentinel-2 2022-06-28 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|Satellite photograph of Flint, showing the former [[Buick City]] (top center) and Flint Engine Operations (bottom center)]]
The plant was renamed to Flint Engine Operations in approximately 2011.<ref name=MLive-2011>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2011/02/general_motors_cancels_second.html |title=General Motors cancels part of second shift at Flint Engine Operations |author=Fonger, Ron |date=February 2, 2011 |work=MLive |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> GM announced a $215 million investment in 2013 for the Flint plant, which included plans to retool and upgrade the plant to accommodate production of the new [[GM small gasoline engine]] (SGE) and updated HFV6 engines;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.autoweek.com/news/a1933556/gm-preps-new-engines-8-speed-transmission/ |title=GM Preps For New Engines, 8-Speed Transmission |author=Jewett, Dale |date=April 3, 2013 |work=Autoweek |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> the SGE was scheduled to replace the FamZero.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-gm-engines-idUSBREA2I1HS20140319 |title=GM to build 2.5 million new 'Ecotec' small engines by 2017 |author=Woodall, Bernie |date=March 19, 2014 |work=Reuters |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> When the second-generation [[Chevrolet Colorado]] was unveiled for North America that November, GM announced the optional 3.6L HFV6 engine would be built at Flint.<ref name=MLive-2013>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/2013/11/general_motors_unveils_flint-b.html |title=General Motors unveils Flint-built V6 engine for new Chevrolet Colorado trucks at Flint Engine plant |author=Allen, Jeremy |date=November 20, 2013 |work=MLive |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> By 2015, Flint Engine Operations had built one million FamZero engines, shortly before shifting production to the [[GM small gasoline engine|1.5L SGE I4 "Ecotec"]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2015/08/gm_builds_1_millionth_14l_engi.html |title=GM builds milionth 1.4-liter engine, will shift production to Ecotec |author=Adams, Dominic |date=August 27, 2015 |work=The Flint Journal |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>

In January 2018, GM announced it would assemble the [[Duramax I6 engine]] at Flint Engine Operations.<ref name=MLive-2018>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2018/01/gm_confirms_flint_engine_opera.html |title=GM's Flint Engine Operations will build Chevy Silverado turbo-diesel engine |author=Fonger, Ron |date=January 17, 2018 |work=Michigan Live |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=23 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123233931/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2018/01/gm_confirms_flint_engine_opera.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Five years later, in January 2023, GM announced it would invest $579 million to add an assembly line at Flint for the [[General Motors LS-based small-block engine#Generation VI|sixth-generation small-block V8 gasoline engine]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2023/01/20/gm-plant-investment-flint-bay-city/69823370007/ |title=GM to invest close to $1B in 4 US factories, 2 in Michigan |author=LaReau, Jamie L. |date=January 20, 2023 |work=Detroit Free Press |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210095328/https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2023/01/20/gm-plant-investment-flint-bay-city/69823370007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Products==
* [[GM small gasoline engine#LFV|1.5L SGE Turbo I4]] "Ecotec"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-engines/lfv/ |title=GM 1.5-Liter Turbo I4 Ecotec LFV Engine |website=GM Authority |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[Duramax I6 engine|3.0L Turbodiesel I6 ''LM2'' & ''LZ0'']] "Baby Duramax"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-engines/lm2/ |title=GM Duramax 3.0-Liter I-6 LM2 Turbo Diesel Engine |website=GM Authority |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-engines/lz0/ |title=GM Duramax 3.0-Liter I-6 LZ0 Turbo Diesel Engine |website=GM Authority |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>

===Former products===
* [[GM Family 0 engine#LUU|1.4L I4 ''LUU'']] "Voltec"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-engines/luu/ |title=GM 1.4 Liter I4 LUU Engine |website=GM Authority |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[GM Family 0 engine#LUJ|1.4L Turbo I4 ''LUJ'' / ''LUV'']] "FamZero"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-engines/luv/ |title=GM 1.4 Liter Turbo I4 Ecotec LUJ/LUV Engine |website=GM Authority |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[GM High Feature engine#LY7|3.6L DI V6 ''LY7'' & ''LFX'']] "High Feature"<ref name=MLive-2009/><ref name=MLive-2013/>
* [[General Motors Atlas engine#LLR|3.7L I5 ''LLR'']] "Vortec 3700"<ref name=MLive-2009/>
* [[General Motors Atlas engine#LL8|4.2L I6 ''LL8'']] "Vortec 4200"<ref name=NYT-2001/>

===Product applications===
As of September 2022:<ref name=offic/>
* [[Chevrolet Malibu#Ninth generation (2016)|Chevrolet Malibu]]
* [[Chevrolet Silverado#Fourth-generation Silverado / fifth-generation Sierra (T1XX; 2019)|Chevrolet Silverado]]
* [[Chevrolet Suburban#Twelfth generation (2021)|Chevrolet Suburban]]
* [[Chevrolet Tahoe#Fifth generation (2021)|Chevrolet Tahoe]]
* [[Chevrolet Silverado#Fourth-generation Silverado / fifth-generation Sierra (T1XX; 2019)|GMC Sierra]]
* [[Chevrolet Tahoe#Fifth generation (2021)|GMC Yukon]]
* [[Chevrolet Suburban#Twelfth generation (2021)|GMC Yukon XL]]
* [[Cadillac Escalade#Fifth generation (2021)|Cadillac Escalade]]
* [[Cadillac Escalade#Fifth generation (2021)|Cadillac Escalade ESV]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website}}

{{General Motors factories}}

[[Category:General Motors factories]]
[[Category:Industrial buildings and structures in Flint, Michigan]]
[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Michigan]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Michigan]]

Flint Engine Operations - Revision history

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