The American-based international automotive conglomerate General Motors (GM) underpins its many vehicle models with various platforms . These platforms are established sets of axles , suspensions , and steering mechanisms which fit various bodies and powertrains from various marques that GM owns.
13-1513: (Redirected from G-Body ) Main article: List of GM platforms The General Motors G platform (also called G-body ) designation was used for three different automobile platforms . 1969–1972 GM G platform (RWD) 1982–1988 GM G platform (RWD) 1995–2011 GM G platform (FWD) v t e General Motors platforms Marques In production Cars Gamma Delta (D2XX/PATAC K) BEV3 GEM VSS-F Epsilon (E2XX/P2XX) Alpha Omega Y Trucks/SUVs BT1 C1XX GMT ( 31XX , 610 , T1XX ) U Retired Cars A ( FWD , RWD ) B BEV2 C ( FWD , RWD ) D E F G ( FWD , RWD ) GM2900 GM4200 H ( FWD , RWD ) HQ J K ( FWD , RWD ) Kappa L M ( FWD , RWD ) N P ( RWD , FWD ) Premium R S SCCS Sigma T ( FWD , RWD ) V ( FWD , RWD ) W X ( FWD , RWD ) Y Z Zeta Trucks/SUVs C/K Series GMT ( 325/330 , 345/745 , 355 , 360 , 400 , 530/560 , 600 , 800 , 900 , K2XX ) Lambda Theta Future Cars VSS-R Trucks/SUVs VSS-S VSS-T [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Commons [REDACTED] List [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
26-536: A front-mounted engine, and those exceptions are noted in the 'layout' column. As of April 2020, GM produces cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) of multiple different sizes on 19 different platforms: 7 of which are inherently RWD, with the rest being FWD. All but 5 of these have four-wheel drive variants as well. 2020 Cadillac CT5 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV 2019 Chevrolet Blazer 2017 Vauxhall Insignia 2017 Chevrolet Sonic Also used for
39-567: A vehicle's VIN , with a notable exception being trucks, for which it is the fifth character. At the outset of the twenty-first century, General Motors' approach to platforms changed, and so did the nomenclature they use. Platforms themselves are now referred to by GM as "architectures", and are now named according to the English-language names of letters from the Greek alphabet , such as the subcompact Gamma platform . Today, many of
52-543: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles List of GM platforms From the early twentieth century, a Latin letter -based naming scheme was used to designate platforms, which were aimed at vehicles under different brands that served similar niches of the market. For example, the B platform was the base for fullsize , rear-wheel drive (RWD) sedans and wagons from 1926 to 1996. This platform underpinned vehicles made by Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , Marquette , Pontiac , and Oldsmobile . During
65-890: Is the platform: 2nd position is the platform generation. 3rd position is the body style: 4th position is the Brand: 5th position is an optional qualifier: for example the Sales market area: For example, E2UB-N is the Crossover Buick for the North-American market in the second generation of the Epsilon platform. As of April 2020 , GM has produced cars, trucks, and SUVs of multiple different sizes on 107 different platforms: 55 of these with Latin letters, 12 with English spellings of Greek letters, and 40 others. Also, 64 of these platforms are inherently RWD, while
78-594: The GMC Granite and Cadillac Urban Luxury concept cars . 2019 Chevrolet Tracker Also called Global Emerging Markets. 2016 GMC Canyon 2012 GMC Savana 2019 Chevrolet SIlverado 2019 Chevrolet Monza 2018 Buick GL8 This platform remains in use solely for the GL8, which is sold only in China. It is the only one of GM's Latin-letter platforms still in use. Also called
91-572: The 1970s and 1980s, GM introduced many new front-wheel drive (FWD) platforms for the first time, such as the FWD C platform introduced in 1985. Despite being mechanically very new and different, it kept the same name as the RWD C platform for the sake of consistency, as most of the models remained the same, such as the Oldsmobile 98 . For most of these platforms, the platform name is the fourth character of
104-565: The SGM258 platform. 2020 Buick Encore GX Slated to underpin all FWD GM cars plus subcompact crossovers by 2025. 2023 Cadillac CT6 Slated to underpin all RWD GM vehicles by 2025. 2025 Chevrolet Equinox Slated to underpin all GM crossovers (excluding those on VSS-F) by 2025. 2023 Chevrolet Colorado Slated to underpin all GM body-on-frame SUVs and trucks by 2025. 2020 Chevrolet Corvette The GM nomenclature works as follows: 1st position
117-529: The rest are primarily FWD. Furthermore, 50 of these have four-wheel drive variants as well. 1957 Chevrolet Task Force 1965 GM Beaumont 1972 GMC Sprint 1973 Buick Century 1980 Chevrolet Malibu 1996 Oldsmobile Ciera 1930 GM Marquette 1993 Buick Roadmaster 1959 Buick Electra 1989 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan 1958 Cadillac Series 75 1990 Cadillac Brougham 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado An extended 6-wheel variant of this platform
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#1732787088966156-513: The since-discontinued Latin letter platforms are informally called "bodies", such as "J-body", which refers to the J platform . In the 2010s, GM once again began to change platform nomenclature, this time to a four-character format: platform-generation-XX. An example of this is the D2XX, from the second generation of the Delta platform , hence the "D" and "2". All but three platforms listed here use
169-1661: Was used for the GMC motorhome . General Motors V platform Main article: List of GM platforms The V platform , or V-body , automobile platform designation was used twice by General Motors . 1966–2007 General Motors V platform (RWD) 1987–1993 front-wheel drive V platform used for the Cadillac Allanté v t e General Motors platforms Marques In production Cars Gamma Delta (D2XX/PATAC K) BEV3 GEM VSS-F Epsilon (E2XX/P2XX) Alpha Omega Y Trucks/SUVs BT1 C1XX GMT ( 31XX , 610 , T1XX ) U Retired Cars A ( FWD , RWD ) B BEV2 C ( FWD , RWD ) D E F G ( FWD , RWD ) GM2900 GM4200 H ( FWD , RWD ) HQ J K ( FWD , RWD ) Kappa L M ( FWD , RWD ) N P ( RWD , FWD ) Premium R S SCCS Sigma T ( FWD , RWD ) V ( FWD , RWD ) W X ( FWD , RWD ) Y Z Zeta Trucks/SUVs C/K Series GMT ( 325/330 , 345/745 , 355 , 360 , 400 , 530/560 , 600 , 800 , 900 , K2XX ) Lambda Theta Future Cars VSS-R Trucks/SUVs VSS-S VSS-T [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Commons [REDACTED] List [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
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