GM to Buy Stake in VM Motori

Gasgoo From Associated Press
General Motors Corp. said Monday it reached a joint venture agreement with Penske Corp. and will buy a 50 percent stake in VM Motori, an Italian maker of diesel engines.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

GM said it will jointly develop a new 2.9 liter, V-6 turbo diesel engine with VM Motori that will launch in the Cadillac CTS in Europe in 2009. VM Motori plans to build the new unit at its plant in Cento, Italy.

Shares of General Motors slipped 36 cents to $36.67.

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