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A Regular Production Option (RPO) is a 3-digit standardized code used by General Motors to designate vehicle options & modifications. RPO codes designate how a vehicle is built, and they've been used on dealership order forms and in assembly plants since at least the 1950s (see Corvette C1).
The 5L40-E (and similar 5L50) are a series of automatic transmissions made by General Motors.Designed for longitudinal engine configurations, the series includes 5 forward gears and is used in the GM Sigma platform vehicles from Cadillac, the Pontiac Solstice, BMW, and Holden Commodore.
At the outset of the twenty-first century, General Motors' approach to platforms changed, [3] and so did the nomenclature they use. Platforms themselves are now referred to by GM as "architectures", [4] and are now named according to the English-language names of letters from the Greek alphabet, such as the subcompact Gamma platform. [5]
GM's Automatic Safety Transmission (AST) was a semi-automatic transmission released in 1937. The first mass-produced fully-automatic transmission developed for passenger automobile use was the GM Hydramatic introduced in 1940. [1] The Hydramatic was a big success, and had been installed in the majority of GM models by 1950.
GM entered the diesel field with its acquisition of the Cleveland-based Winton Engine Company in 1930. Winton's main client was the Electro Motive Company, a producer of internal combustion-electric rail motorcars. GM acquired Electro Motive at roughly the same time as Winton.
The GMT T1XX is the assembly code for a vehicle platform architecture developed by General Motors for its line of full-size trucks and large SUVs that has been announced to start production in the fall of 2018 for the 2019 model year. [1] The "XX" is a placeholder for the last two digits of the specific assembly code for each model.
GMT K2XX is an assembly code for a vehicle platform architecture developed by General Motors for its line of full-size trucks and large SUVs that started production with the 2014 model year. The "XX" is a placeholder for the last two digits of the specific assembly code for each model.
Subcompact hatchback developed by GM Brasil and SAIC-GM for Latin America and China based on the GEM platform. Sail/Aveo: 2002 2023 — Latin America Subcompact hatchback developed by SAIC-GM-Wuling. Spark EV: 2022 2022 — Egypt Small electric city car developed and manufactured by SAIC-GM-Wuling and sold in Egypt. Rebadged Wuling Air EV. MPV ...