GM T platform | |
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Overview | |
Parent company | General Motors |
Also called |
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Production | 1979-2016 |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact (C) |
Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive |
Body style(s) |
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Chronology | |
Predecessor | |
Successor | GM Delta platform |
General Motors reused the T-body designation (sometimes referred to as the T80 platform to differentiate it from the previous T-body), beginning in 1979 with the front-wheel drive Opel Kadett D and the Vauxhall Astra Mk I. This was part of a global strategy by GM to introduce a new front-wheel drive architecture for its sub-compact models, and would be further developed into the J-body platform which would cover the compact (lower mid-size outside North America) size segment.
This version of the T-body also became widespread throughout the world, including South Africa, where the rear-wheel drive version was not originally available.[1]
Other names for the FWD T platform are the GM2700 and the GM3000, applied to Opel Astra G and Zafira A and their rebadges.
The platform was superseded by GM Delta platform and preceded by the GM T platform (RWD).
List of vehicles
[edit]- Australia
- Holden Astra TR
- Holden Astra TS
- Holden Astra AH
- HSV VXR Turbo AH
- Holden Zafira
- Canada
- Asüna GT hatchback
- Asüna SE sedan
- Passport Optima
- Saturn Astra
- Germany
- Opel Kadett D
- Opel Kadett E
- Opel Astra[broken anchor] F
- Opel Astra[broken anchor] G
- Opel Astra H[broken anchor] 2005-2011
- Opel Zafira A
- Opel Zafira B 2005-2014
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Subaru Traviq (rebadged Opel Zafira) A
- Latin America
- Chevrolet Zafira A
- Chevrolet Zafira B (Chile & Mexico)
- Chevrolet Astra[broken anchor] F
- Chevrolet Astra[broken anchor] G
- Chevrolet Astra[broken anchor] H (Chile & Mexico)
- Chevrolet Vectra/Vectra GT[broken anchor] H (Brazil & Argentina)
- Chevrolet Kadett/Ipanema
- Russia
- South Africa
- Opel Kadett[broken anchor] F
- Opel Monza (Not to be confused with the German Opel Monza)
- South Korea
- Daewoo Cielo
- Daewoo Espero (stretched wheelbase)
- Daewoo LeMans
- Daewoo Nexia
- Daewoo Racer
- Daewoo Lanos
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Pontiac LeMans (also sold in New Zealand)
- Saturn Astra
- Uzbekistan
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Opel Astra H
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Opel Zafira B
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Vauxhall Zafira B
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Holden Astra
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Vauxhall Astra Mk5
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Saturn Astra
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Chevrolet Astra GTC
References
[edit]- ^ "10 Cars That Should Have Been Introduced To South Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2013-09-20.