General Motors T platform (FWD)

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.

Main article: GM T platform
GM T platform
Opel Kadett E Caravan
Overview
Parent companyGeneral Motors
Also called
  • GM2700
  • GM3000
  • T-body
Production1979-2016
Body and chassis
ClassCompact (C)
LayoutTransverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Body style(s)
Chronology
Predecessor
SuccessorGM Delta platform

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The platform was superseded by GM Delta platform and preceded by the GM T platform (RWD).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


  • Opel Astra H
    Opel Astra H
  • Opel Zafira B
    Opel Zafira B
  • Vauxhall Zafira B
    Vauxhall Zafira B
  • Holden Astra
    Holden Astra
  • Vauxhall Astra Mk5
    Vauxhall Astra Mk5
  • Saturn Astra
    Saturn Astra
  • Chevrolet Astra GTC
    Chevrolet Astra GTC

References
  1. "10 Cars That Should Have Been Introduced To South Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
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