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GM A platform (1936)

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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. [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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Beaumont (automobile)

Beaumont was a make of intermediate-sized automobiles produced by General Motors of Canada from 1966 to 1969.

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Buick

Buick, formally the Buick Motor Division, is an upscale automobile brand of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM).

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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 Gran Sport

The Gran Sport name has been used on several high-performance cars built by Buick since 1965.

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Buick Regal

The Buick Regal is an upscale mid-sized automobile that was first introduced by Buick for the 1973 model year.

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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 Sport Wagon

The Buick Sport Wagon was a mid-size station wagon built by Buick and a corporate sister of the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.

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Car of the Year

Car of the Year (COTY) is a common abbreviation for numerous awards.

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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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Carburetor

A carburetor (American English) or carburettor (British English; see spelling differences) is a device that mixes air and fuel for internal combustion engines in the proper ratio for combustion.

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM).

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Chevrolet 150

The Chevrolet One-Fifty, or 150 was the economy/fleet model of the Chevrolet car from 1953 to 1957.

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Chevrolet 210

The Chevrolet Two-Ten, or 210, was the midrange model of the Chevrolet car from 1953 to 1957.

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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 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 Delray

The Chevrolet Delray, named after Delray Beach, Florida, debuted in 1954 as an optional trim level on two-door models of Chevrolet's mid-range 210 series of mid size.

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Chevrolet Deluxe

The Chevrolet Deluxe was a trim line of Chevrolet automobiles, marketed from 1941 to 1952, and was the volume sales leader for the marque during the 1940s.

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Chevrolet El Camino

Chevrolet El Camino is a coupé utility vehicle that was produced by Chevrolet between 1959–60 and 1964–1987.

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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 Malibu

The Chevrolet Malibu is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1964 to 1983 and since 1997.

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Chevrolet Master

The Chevrolet Master and Master Deluxe are American passenger vehicles manufactured by Chevrolet between 1933 and 1942 to replace the 1933 Eagle.

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Chevrolet Monte Carlo

The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is a two-door coupe manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1970 to 2007 model years (non-continuously), encompassing six generations.

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Chevrolet Superior

The Chevrolet Superior was launched in 1923, manufactured by Chevrolet for four years with a different series per year.

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Coupé utility

In the 1930s, the term coupe utility (or coupé utility) was used to distinguish passenger-car based two-door vehicles with an integrated cargo tray from traditional pickup trucks.

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Fastback

A fastback is an automotive styling feature where the rear of the car has a single slope from the roof to the rear bumper.

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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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Front-wheel drive

Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, where the engine drives the front wheels only.

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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 (1982)

The General Motors A platform (commonly called the A-body) was a mid-size car automobile platform designation used from 1982 to 1996.

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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.

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GM G platform (1969)

The General Motors G platform (also called G-body) was an automobile platform designation used for mid-sized rear-wheel drive cars.

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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 X platform (1962)

The rear-wheel drive X-body underpinned the Chevrolet Nova and similar cars of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Muscle car

Muscle car is an American term used to refer to a variety of high-performance automobiles.

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Oakland Motor Car Company

The Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan, was an American automobile manufacturer and division of General Motors.

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Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobiles produced for most of its existence by General Motors.

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Oldsmobile 442

The Oldsmobile 4-4-2 (also known as the 442) is a muscle car produced by Oldsmobile between the 1964 and 1980 model years.

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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 Cutlass Calais

The Oldsmobile Calais, renamed the Cutlass Calais for 1988, and briefly available in 1987 as the limited edition GMO Quad 4, is a compact car that was produced by Oldsmobile from 1985 through 1991.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera

The Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed for model years 1982-1996 by Oldsmobile.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme is a mid-size car produced by Oldsmobile between 1966 and 1997.

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Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds

Following the success of Hurst components in Oldsmobile's 442 models, Oldsmobile, in collaboration with Hurst Performance of Warminster, Pennsylvania, produced special-edition performance versions of the 442 or Cutlass Supreme, the Hurst/Olds.

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Oldsmobile Series 60

The Series 60 is a full-size car made by Oldsmobile from the 1939 through the 1948 model years.

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Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser

The Vista Cruiser is a station wagon manufactured and marketed by Oldsmobile over three generations from 1964 to 1977.

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Pontiac

Pontiac is a now-defunct car brand that was owned, made, and sold by General Motors.

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Pontiac Bonneville

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

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Pontiac Chieftain

The Pontiac Chieftain is an automobile which was produced by Pontiac from 1949 to 1958.

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Pontiac Grand Am

The Pontiac Grand Am is a mid-size car and later a compact car that was produced by Pontiac.

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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 GTO

The Pontiac GTO is an automobile that was built by American company Pontiac in generations from 1964 to 1974 model years, and by GM's subsidiary Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006.

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Pontiac LeMans

The Pontiac LeMans was a model name that was applied to subcompact- and intermediate-sized automobiles marketed by Pontiac from 1962 to 1981 (1983 in Canada).

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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 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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Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or colloquially turbo, is a turbine-driven forced induction device that increases an internal combustion engine's efficiency and power output by forcing extra air into the combustion chamber.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_A_platform_(1936)

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