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When GM and Honda announced this deal in December , it was billed as a "powertrain cross-supply arrangement" that would see Honda getting diesel engines from GM's Isuzu affiliate for use in Europe in exchange for an unnamed V The original agreement also called for GM to purchase about 90, V-6s. For now, though, the Vue will be the only GM product to use the motor.

It was hard for traditional gearheads to imagine one of the world's great engine makers giving up a primo powerplant in exchange for something as ephemeral as directions to the best Italian restaurant in Omaha. Since then, OnStar has developed into the premier service of its kind, with limited but growing appeal for consumers, but that hasn't slowed the rumor mill regarding the V-6 going to Saturn. Some are sure that it's simply GM buying technology it couldn't make itself; others insist it was the management team at GM trying to light a fire under GM Powertrain; still others are convinced it's a way for Japanese beancounters to make extra Yankee dollars in case their home market tanked it did ; and the niche nuts are sure it has to do with someone having pictures of someone else with farm animals.

GM's official story is that the deal with Honda was not caused by deficiencies in its own engine lineup, citing a new DOHC 3. Why neither of those GM-engineered engines was used in the Vue the company will not say.

Some within Honda of America say there never was an engine-sharing deal, and they simply did all the engineering on the 3. No matter the motivations behind the deal, one thing is certain: It's a thorny issue for Saturn marketing types, who clearly want to promote what is, by any measure, an excellent engine without calling into question the quality of GM parts or crediting the name of a competitor, in this case Honda.