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The General Motors X platform (also called X-body) is a rear-wheel drive compact car automobile platform produced from the 1962 to 1979 model years. Developed by Chevrolet, the architecture was initially unique in the U.S. to the Chevy II, first joined by the Pontiac Ventura in 1971, then a range of other GM products as its divisions expanded their compact model lines.
Ultimately, the X-bodies — which included the 1980–1985 Chevrolet Citation, 1980–1984 Oldsmobile Omega, 1980–1984 Pontiac Phoenix and 1980–1985 Buick Skylark — became synonymous with their design defects, and GM's mishandled response. [1] The X platform was the basis for the intermediate FWD GM A-body that
Slated to underpin all GM crossovers (excluding those on VSS-F) by 2025. 2023 Chevrolet Colorado. VSS-T: RWD/AWD: 2023: 2023–present Chevrolet Colorado; 2023–present GMC Canyon; The eventual consolidated successor to the GMT platforms. Slated to underpin all GM body-on-frame SUVs and trucks by 2025. 2020 Chevrolet Corvette. Y2XX: RWD: 2020
Though downsizing of the full-size B and C-body platforms and the A-body mid-size lines was crucial to the future of the company, the two redesigns placed GM model hierarchy out of alignment; though officially a compact, the X-body Nova became dimensionally larger than the Malibu (a year after becoming closer in size to the Caprice than the ...
Chevrolet's first minivan based on GM U-body Tracker: 1989 2004 TA 2 Chevrolet's mini SUV developed and produced by CAMI, a joint venture between GM of Canada and Suzuki Lumina: 1990 2001 GM W: 2 Chevrolet's mid-size sedan replacing Celebrity and Monte Carlo Venture: 1997 2005 GMT 200: 1 Chevrolet's minivan which replaced Lumina APV Avalanche ...
The 1980–1985 Skylark was Buick's badge engineered version of GM's new X-body architecture, shared with the Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix, and Oldsmobile Omega and would bear some resemblance to the larger G-body mid-size cars. GM's X-body would also become the basis for GM's A-body mid-size cars that would be introduced as 1982 models.
To promote automobile manufacturing in Canada, the APTA (also known as the "Auto Pact") in the 1960s had provisions prohibiting sales of certain United States-made cars. . General Motors responded by offering certain makes of cars manufactured in Canada primarily for the Canadian market such as Acadian, and Beaumont, which started as an offering in the Acadian line, but later became its own ...
The Buick Apollo is a compact car that was manufactured from 1973 to 1975 by General Motors for its Buick division. It was based on the GM X platform along with the Oldsmobile Omega, Chevrolet Nova, and the Pontiac Ventura. The car was named for the Greek god Apollo. It was available as a coupe, two-door hatchback, or four-door sedan.