What about it? Those were completely different 1.4L and 1.6L engines. The 1.4 was from Isuzu and the 1.6 was Brazilian.

 

And I always thought those were all the same old Chebby 4.

I learn something (of dubious utility) every day.

- Eric

 

These discussions are my favorite part of this site.

 

It took GM until the '80s to make a four cylinder engine that could measure up against other makes. Worldwide that is, Ford (Europe and UK) made good engines, Chrysler's European arm also made reasonable ones, of course all the European and Japanese makers had been making them for decades and turned out engines well suited to their cars.
On the other hand, they struggled to make good large engines, not so much the engineering and technology, but production costs for low volume runs.

Thank you for putting me right, Joe, I don't think I was alone in thinking the Iron Duke was half a Pontiac V8. I wonder why it was named after the British general who finally defeated Napoleon in 1815?.

Roger.