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GM B platform

Index GM B platform

The GM B platform (also known as GM B body), was General Motors' full-size rear-wheel drive automobile platform from 1926-1996. [1]

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Automobile layout

In automotive design, the automobile layout describes where on the vehicle the engine and drive wheels are found.

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Buick Centurion

The Buick Centurion was sold by Buick from 1971 through 1973, replacing the Buick Wildcat as the sporty rendition of Buick's full-size car.

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Buick Century

Buick Century is the model name used by Buick for a line of upscale performance cars from 1936 to 1942 and 1954 to 1958, and from 1973 to 2005 for a mid-size car.

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Buick Estate

The Buick Estate was a line of full-sized station wagons manufactured by the Buick division of General Motors.

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Buick Invicta

The Buick Invicta is a full-size automobile produced by Buick from 1959 to 1963.

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Buick LeSabre

The Buick LeSabre was a full-size car made by General Motors from 1959 to 2005.

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Buick Master Six

The Buick Master Six was an automobile built by Buick from 1925 to 1928.

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Buick Riviera

The Buick Riviera is a personal luxury car produced by Buick from 1963 to 1999.

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Buick Roadmaster

The Roadmaster is an automobile that was built by Buick from 1936 to 1958, and again from 1991 to 1996.

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Buick Skylark

The Buick Skylark is a passenger car produced by Buick.

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Buick Special

The Buick Special was an automobile produced by Buick.

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Buick Wildcat

The Buick Wildcat was a full-sized automobile that was produced by Buick from 1962 to 1970.

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Cadillac Series 60

The Cadillac Series 60 was Cadillac's mid-priced entry in the luxury vehicle market when it appeared in 1936.

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Cadillac Series 61

The Cadillac Series 61 replaced the Series 60/65 (except for the upscale Sixty Special) in Cadillac's 1939Odin, L.C. World in Motion 1939 - The whole of the year's automobile production.

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Car platform

A car platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of cars, often from different, but related marques.

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Chevrolet Bel Air

The Chevrolet Bel Air was a full-size car produced by Chevrolet for the 1950–1981 model years.

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Chevrolet Biscayne

The Chevrolet Biscayne was a series of full-size cars produced by the American manufacturer Chevrolet between 1958 and 1972.

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Chevrolet Brookwood

The Chevrolet Brookwood is a series of full-size station wagons produced by Chevrolet from 1958 to 1961, and again from 1969 to 1972.

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Chevrolet Caprice

The Chevrolet Caprice is a full-sized automobile produced by Chevrolet in North America for the 1965 to 1996 model years.

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Chevrolet Chevelle

The Chevrolet Chevelle is a mid-sized automobile which was produced by Chevrolet in three generations for the 1964 through 1978 model years.

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Chevrolet Impala

The Chevrolet Impala is a full-size car built by Chevrolet for model years 1958–85, 1994–96 and since 2000 onwards.

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Chevrolet Kingswood

The Chevrolet Kingswood was a 4-door station wagon produced by Chevrolet in 1959 and 1960, built on the GM A Body platform, and again from 1969 to 1972 built on the GM B Body platform.

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Chevrolet Nomad

The Chevrolet Nomad was a station wagon model made off and on from 1955 to 1972, and as a Chevy Van trim package in the late 1970s and early 1980s, produced by Chevrolet.

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Chevrolet Parkwood

The Chevrolet Parkwood was a station wagon built by Chevrolet from 1959 to 1961.

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Chevrolet Townsman

The Chevrolet Townsman was a full-size station wagon produced by Chevrolet from 1953 to 1957 and again from 1969 to 1972.

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Chrysler LX platform

The LX platform is Chrysler's full-size rear wheel drive automobile platform introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year.

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Convertible

A convertible or cabriolet is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place.

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Coupé

A coupé — also known as coupe — is a car with a fixed-roof body style usually with two doors, however some four-door cars have been marketed as four door coupés or quad coupés due to their coupé-like roofline at the rear.

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Ford Model T

The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie, Leaping Lena, or flivver) is an automobile produced by Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

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Ford Panther platform

The Ford Panther platform is an automobile platform that was used by Ford Motor Company for full-size, rear-wheel drive sedans from 1978 to 2011.

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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, an FR, or front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout is one where the engine is located at the front of the vehicle and driven wheels are located at the rear.

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Full-size car

"Full-size car" is a marketing term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car.

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Gasoline

Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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General Motors

General Motors Company, commonly referred to as General Motors (GM), is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.

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GM A platform (1936)

The GM A platform (1936) (commonly called A-body) was a rear wheel drive automobile platform designation used by General Motors from at least 1936 until 1958, and again from 1964 to 1981.

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GM C platform (1936)

The GM C Platform (1936) was a rear wheel drive (RWD) automobile platform used by General motors for its full-sized cars from 1936 through 1984.

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GM D platform

The GM D platform (informally, D-body), was a General Motors automobile platform designation, used in two series (1936-1984 and 1985-1996) for large body-on-frame rear-wheel drive automobiles.

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GM G platform (1995)

The General Motors G platform (also called G-Body) automobile platform designation was used for front-wheel drive full-sized luxury cars between 1995 and 2011.

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GM H platform (1986)

The H platform, or H-body designates a General Motors front-wheel-drive full-sized automobile platform beginning in 1986.

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GM V platform (1966)

The V platform is a rear-wheel drive automobile platform that underpinned various General Motors (GM) vehicles from 1966 through to its final discontinuation in 2007.

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GM W platform

The W-platform (also known as the W-body) was a General Motors automobile platform which underpinned both mid size and full-size front-wheel drive cars.

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GM Zeta platform

Zeta was the original name for General Motors' full-size rear-wheel drive automobile platform developed by GM's Australian subsidiary company Holden and was most recently referred to as the "Global RWD Architecture".

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Hardtop

A hardtop is a rigid form of automobile roof, which for modern cars is typically constructed from metal.

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Holden

Holden, formally known as General Motors Holden, is an Australian automobile importer and a former automobile manufacturer with its headquarters in Port Melbourne, Victoria.

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Holden Commodore (VF)

The Holden Commodore (VF) is an executive car that has been produced by Holden between June 2013 and October 2017.

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Lada Riva

The VAZ-2105, VAZ-2104 and VAZ-2107 (collectively known as the Lada Riva in the United Kingdom and the Lada Nova in much of continental Europe) are a series of compact cars of Zhiguli brand built by Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ, introduced in 1980 in the Soviet Union, and progressively in other European markets through the early 1980s and sold in sedan and station wagon versions.

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LaSalle (automobile)

LaSalle was an American brand of luxury automobiles manufactured and marketed by General Motors' Cadillac division from 1927 through 1940.

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Oldsmobile 88

The Oldsmobile 88 (known from 1989 onwards as the Eighty Eight) is a full-size car that was sold and produced by Oldsmobile from 1949 until 1999.

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Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser

The Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser is an automobile that was manufactured and marketed by Oldsmobile in three generations from 1971 to 1992.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass

The Oldsmobile Cutlass was a marque of automobiles produced by General Motors' Oldsmobile division between 1961 and 1999.

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Oldsmobile Jetstar I

The Oldsmobile Jetstar I is a sporty, high-performance full-sized car produced by Oldsmobile for the 1964 and 1965 model years.

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Oldsmobile Model 30

The Oldsmobile Six was built from the 1920s until the 1940s.

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Oldsmobile Series 70

The Oldsmobile Series 70 is a full-size midrange automobile produced by Oldsmobile between the 1939 and 1950 model years.

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Oldsmobile Starfire

The Oldsmobile Starfire is an automobile nameplate used by Oldsmobile, produced in three non-contiguous generations beginning in 1954.

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Opel

Opel (Opel) is a German automobile manufacturer, subsidiary of French automaker Groupe PSA since August 2017.

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Pontiac 2+2

The Pontiac 2+2 is a full size automobile that was manufactured by Pontiac, built on the B-body chassis.

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Pontiac Bonneville

The Pontiac Bonneville was an automobile built by Pontiac from 1957 to 2005.

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Pontiac Catalina

The Pontiac Catalina is an automobile which was part of Pontiac's full-sized line from 1950 to 1981.

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Pontiac Executive

The Pontiac Executive is an automobile model that was produced by Pontiac from 1967 to 1970.

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Pontiac Grand Prix

The Grand Prix was a line of all terrain automobiles produced by the Pontiac Division of General Motors from 1962 through 2002 for coupes and 1988-2008 for sedans.

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Pontiac Grand Ville

The Pontiac Grand Ville is a full-size car that was the top-trim model in the Pontiac line from 1971 to 1975.

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Pontiac Parisienne

The Pontiac Parisienne is a full-size rear-wheel drive vehicle that was sold by Pontiac on the GM B platform in Canada from 1958 to 1986 and in the United States from 1983 to 1986.

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Pontiac Safari

The Pontiac Safari is a station wagon that was produced by Pontiac.

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Pontiac Star Chief

The Star Chief is an automobile model that was manufactured by Pontiac in the time period between 1954 and 1966.

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Pontiac Streamliner

The Pontiac Streamliner is a full-sized car that was produced by Pontiac from the 1942 to the 1951 model years.

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Pontiac Tempest

The Pontiac Tempest is an automobile that was produced by Pontiac from 1961 to 1970, and again from 1987 to 1991.

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Pontiac Torpedo

The Pontiac Torpedo is a full-sized car produced by Pontiac from the 1940 through the 1948 model years.

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Pontiac Ventura

The Pontiac Ventura is an automobile that was produced by Pontiac.

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Robert Stempel

Robert Carl "Bob" Stempel (July 15, 1933 – May 7, 2011) was a Chairman and CEO of General Motors (GM).

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Sedan (automobile)

A sedan (American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English) or saloon (British, Irish and Indian English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with A, B & C-pillars and principal volumes articulated in separate compartments for engine, passenger and cargo.

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Station wagon

A station wagon, also called an estate car, estate wagon, or simply wagon or estate, is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid.

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Vehicle registration plate

A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British English) or a license plate (American English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes.

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Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle – officially the Volkswagen Type 1, informally in German the Käfer (literally "beetle"), in parts of the English-speaking world the Bug, and known by many other nicknames in other languages – is a two-door, rear-engine economy car, intended for five passengers, that was manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_B_platform

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