The Vortec 4200 inline-6 outperformed its size, and even though it was used in SUVs from GM and Chevrolet, its existence has ...

The 5.3L Vortec engine has earned its place as Chevrolet’s longest-lasting pickup truck engine, powering popular models like ...

If you drive an older truck or SUV from Chevrolet or GMC, you’ll be excited to hear the eight-year court battle over the ...

Defective piston rings, it claimed, meant that the vehicles would suffer from excessive oil consumption. That oil consumption ...

Inline Fever: GM Introduces Two New Inline Truck EnginesFollowing the lead of the successful Vortec inline-six engine that powers Chevrolet's TrailBlazer, General Motors has developed two additional ...

A class action lawsuit against General Motors alleging excessive oil consumption for the GM Vortec 5.3L 5300 V8 engine has been officially settled. According to a report from Car Complaints, the case ...

A lawsuit against GM over alleged excessive consumption of oil by Generation IV 5.3L Vortec 5300 V8 engines used in a range of Chevy and GMC vehicles has been decertified as a class action suit by the ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

The new engines are derived from the six-cylinder Vortec 4200 recently introduced with the 2002 GMC Envoy, Chevy TrailBlazer and Oldsmobile Bravada. The engines will be manufactured at GM Powertrain’s ...

When does "just a little bit more" become too much of a good thing? The answer is that it occurs a lot sooner than most hot-rodders think. We're not sure when it happened, but at some point an engine ...

Vortech Engineering has done it again. Now owners of 1999-2013 Gen III and Gen IV Vortec V8 engines (as pulled out of Chevy, GMC, and Hummer light trucks and SUVs) can install a belt driven V3 SCi ...

While GMC’s Blue Chip series (which is similar to Chevy’s Task Force models) timeline starts way back in 1955, this particular example’s heartwarming tale “only” begins some years later, around 1968.