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The GM A platform (commonly called A-body) was a rear wheel drive automobile platform designation used by General Motors from 1925 until 1959, and again from 1964 to 1981. In 1982, GM introduced a new front wheel drive A platform , and existing intermediate rear wheel drive products were redesignated as G-bodies .
1996 General Motors EV1. P II: FWD: 1996: 2003: 1996 – 2003 General Motors EV1; Used solely for the EV1. Also called the BEV1 platform retroactively since the introduction of the BEV2 platform in 2016. 1993 Asüna Sunfire. R: FWD/AWD: 1985: 1993: 1985 – 1988 Chevrolet Spectrum; 1985 – 1986 Holden Gemini; 1985 – 1993 Isuzu Gemini* 1985 ...
The General Motors A platform (commonly called A-body) was an automobile platform, and was GM's original, and oldest, platform used by all early GM products, beginning with the Chevrolet Superior. From this platform, all North American platforms B , C , and D were developed.
Also called the GM small corporate pattern and the S10 pattern. This pattern has a distinctive odd-sided hexagonal shape. Rear wheel drive applications have the starter mounted on the right side of the block (when viewed from the flywheel) and on the opposite side of the block compared to front wheel drive installations.
For 2003, General Motors released the third-generation Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC TopKick under the GMT560 architecture. [12] In line with GM light-duty truck lines, the Cx500 nomenclature returned, now secondary to the previous Kodiak and TopKick nameplates. Showcased as part of the redesign was a change in the design layout of the model line.
the model 3442, with a 104 in (2,642 mm) wheelbase able to accommodate a body length up to 8 ft (2.4 m), the 3542, with a 125 in (3,175 mm) wheelbase able to accommodate a 10 ft (3.0 m) body, and; the 3742, with a 137 in (3,480 mm) wheelbase able to accommodate a 12 ft (3.7 m) body.
The transverse use of GM's LS small-block engine in the W-bodies was a major addition for 2005. The GM W Platform was phased out with the production of the new long-wheelbase Epsilon II platform . The last car produced on the W platform was the ninth generation of the Chevrolet Impala , which was replaced by the Epsilon-based tenth-generation ...
The GM B platform was introduced in 1926 with the Buick Master Six, and the Oldsmobile Model 30, and had at least 12 major re-engineering and restyling efforts, for the 1937, 1939, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1977, and 1991 model years; along with interim styling changes for 1942, 1969, and 1980 that included new sheetmetal and revised rooflines.