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In the late 1950s, GM's Detroit Diesel Division was making the incredibly reliable Series 71 diesel engines. They were called million-mile engines, and they were so superior to the competition in every way that the Federal Trade Commission found them to be antitrust violations and forced GM to sell the technology to competitors. In the late 1970s, GM's Oldsmobile Division was making the incredibly terrible LF9 V8 diesel engines. They were a disaster, and the FTC forced GM to pay millions in damages to customers who had to deal with these terrible engines. ✔AutoTRENDS VKontakte: https://vk.com/avtotrendy ✔AutoTRENDS on Yandex Zen: https://zen.yandex.ru/id/6232c6ba9606... ✔AutoTRENDS on Rutube: https://rutube.ru/channel/24766199/