General Motors tested several new diesel engine designs during the early 1930s. One successful result was the Winton 201 series, a two-stroke eight-cylinder that produced 600 hp at 720 rpm.

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Read the history of General Motors' diesel engines, featuring the V8, two-cycle Winton 201A diesel powerplant, only on dieselpowermag.com, the official website of Diesel Power magazine.

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Later the firm produced engines for locomotives. In 1928 Geo. W. Codrington replaced Winton as president of the company, which then became the Winton Engine Corp. in 1930, when it was bought by GM.