GM V platform
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The V platform, or V-body, automobile platform name was used twice by General Motors.
Rear wheel drive
The first (and latest) V-Bodies were rear wheel drive cars and have been ever since. The fourth character in the Vehicle Identification Number for a V-body car is "V".
With the demise of its newly-engineered replacement, the GM Zeta platform, the V may continue in use for some time to come.
Many vehicles used this platform including the following nameplates:
- 1967-1982 Opel Commodore/(Vauxhall Viceroy in UK 1979-1982)
- 1967-1982 Chevrolet Commodore (South Africa - rebadged as Opel in 1982, continued until 1986)
- 1968- Holden Monaro (Australia)
- 1971- Holden Statesman/Caprice (Australia)
- 1978- Holden Commodore (Australia)
- 1978-1994 Opel Monza coupe (Europe)
- 1978-1994 Opel Senator(Europe)/Vauxhall Royale/Senator/(Chevrolet Senator in South Africa until 1982)
- 1986- Opel Omega (Europe)
- 1990-2000 Chevrolet Omega (Brazil)
- 1987-1994 Vauxhall Carlton (United Kingdom)
- 1997-2002 Cadillac Catera (built in Germany)
- 2000- Chevrolet Caprice (Middle East export only built in Australia)
- 2000- Chevrolet Lumina/ Chevrolet Omega(in South America)(built in Australia for export to Middle East, South Africa, South East Asia, South America )
- 2004- Pontiac GTO (built in Australia for US, unavailable in Canada)
- 2005- Buick Royaum (Caprice-platform built in Australia for General Motors China)
Front wheel drive
The North American front wheel drive V-Body was used by a pair of halo cars. It was a downsized version of the E-body used in the Buick Riviera and Cadillac Eldorado. Both were personal luxury cars and were sold in limited numbers.
Applications:
- 1988-1991 Buick Reatta 98.5 in (2,502 mm) wheelbase
- 1987-1993 Cadillac Allante 99.4 in (2,525 mm) wheelbase