A somewhat amusing observation....
..Despite being a JOINT venture it always seems that Fiat are responsible for all the perceived shortcomings of these engines. Unless of course you happen to be a fan of all things Italian in which case it seems GM are wholely to blame for everything.
GM and Fiat made their existing technologies available to the other during their Alliance - the engines weren't jointly developed, they were used jointly - ie, the Fiat 1.9 JTD found it's way into Opel/Vauxhall/Saab cars.
But it should be highlighted that GM's use of other manufacturers diesel engines has rarely been happy - the Peugeot 2.3 in Carlton, BMW 2.5 in Omega, the Isuzu 3.0 in Vectra-C and VM Motori 2.0 in Cruze and Captiva all gained dire reputations in GM use but highly rated in their manufacturers own models.
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