General Motors G platform (RWD)

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The G platform (also called G-body) is an automobile platform designation that General Motors used for its intermediate (mid-size) car lines. Adapted from the rear-wheel drive A platform, two versions of the G platform were produced; first from 1969 to 1972 and again from 1982 to 1988. While primarily associated with personal luxury coupes, the second-generation G platform underpinned coupes, sedans, station wagons, and coupe utility pickups. As with its A platform predecessor, the G platform was marketed by every GM division (with the exception of Cadillac). The final American-market midsize cars produced with body-on-frame construction, the G platform would also become the final American rear-wheel drive sedan platform designed by GM in the 20th century. During its production, GM began to replace G-body vehicles with front-wheel drive vehicles from the A platform and the H platform, with the 1988 GM10/W platform serving as its ultimate replacement. During the mid-1990s and...

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