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43-1500: (Redirected from T-body ) Main article: List of GM platforms The T platform , or T-body , can refer to two different automobile platforms produced by General Motors , both used for subcompact cars . 1974–2008 GM T platform (RWD) 1979–2016 GM T platform (FWD) v t e General Motors platforms Marques In production Cars Gamma Delta (D2XX/PATAC K) BEV3 GEM VSS-F Epsilon (E2XX/P2XX) Alpha Omega Y Trucks/SUVs BT1 C1XX GMT ( 31XX , 610 , T1XX ) U Retired Cars A ( FWD , RWD ) B BEV2 C ( FWD , RWD ) D E F G ( FWD , RWD ) GM2900 GM4200 H ( FWD , RWD ) HQ J K ( FWD , RWD ) Kappa L M ( FWD , RWD ) N P ( RWD , FWD ) Premium R S SCCS Sigma T ( FWD , RWD ) V ( FWD , RWD ) W X ( FWD , RWD ) Y Z Zeta Trucks/SUVs C/K Series GMT ( 325/330 , 345/745 , 355 , 360 , 400 , 530/560 , 600 , 800 , 900 , K2XX ) Lambda Theta Future Cars VSS-R Trucks/SUVs VSS-S VSS-T [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Commons [REDACTED] List [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with

86-414: A transverse multi-port fuel injected variant of GM's aluminum 4.1 L (250 cu in) HT-Cadillac 4100 V8, along with roller valve lifters, high-flow cylinder heads, and a tuned intake manifold. The suspension was independent strut front and rear, with Bosch ABS III four-wheel disc brakes . A removable aluminum hardtop, Delco-GM/ Bose Symphony Sound System (a $ 905 option on other Cadillacs),

129-536: A front-mounted engine, and those exceptions are noted in the 'layout' column. As of April 2020, GM produces cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) of multiple different sizes on 19 different platforms: 7 of which are inherently RWD, with the rest being FWD. All but 5 of these have four-wheel drive variants as well. 2020 Cadillac CT5 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV 2019 Chevrolet Blazer 2017 Vauxhall Insignia 2017 Chevrolet Sonic Also used for

172-479: A historic and fun project, you give it to someone else.” Cadillac General Manager Bob Burger later told the in-house designers the company was "looking for a car with a designer name to it. It’s like Levi's, it’s that tag on the back of the jeans." Chuck Jordan (at the time assigned in Europe with Opel) was not to examine Pininfarina's work. However, he could see the design before it was frozen for development because he

215-458: A kilometer-based instrument cluster, daytime running lamps, and an engine block heater as standard equipment. In contrast, the Italian model featured a list of European-mandated modifications, including breakaway side mirrors, specific European headlamps and turn signals, a front tow hook, rear fog lamps, deletion of the deck-lid mounted center brake light, a wet-arm windshield washer system, coolers for

258-403: A lower-priced ($ 53,050) companion model with a cloth convertible roof and without the removable aluminum hardtop was available. This version, including the hardtop, was $ 58,638. By midyear, prices were dropped to $ 57,813 for the hardtop/convertible and $ 51,500 for the convertible, including a $ 650 Gas Guzzler Tax and a $ 550 destination charge. The fully integrated cellular telephone, equipped from

301-470: A partnership with Cadillac. According to program manager Ed Anderson, the team identified Pininfarina as their top choice, and Cadillac chose them to design the Allanté, under the direction of Sergio Pininfarina , working with a team of designers including Mario Vernacchia. At GM, Chuck Jordan was torn because delegating the design to Pininfarina implied that GM's 3,000 internal designers were unable to pen

344-527: A power decklid pulldown as standard equipment. Analog instruments, in place of the standard digital dash cluster, were now available as a no-charge option. The base price was raised to $ 56,533, with the cellular telephone still the only extra-cost option. In a comparison test by Popular Science magazine, the 1988 Allanté was ranked behind the Mercedes 560 SL, but ahead of the brand new Buick Reatta . The 1989 model year base price rose to $ 57,183. Allanté's engine,

387-555: A vehicle's VIN , with a notable exception being trucks, for which it is the fifth character. At the outset of the twenty-first century, General Motors' approach to platforms changed, and so did the nomenclature they use. Platforms themselves are now referred to by GM as "architectures", and are now named according to the English-language names of letters from the Greek alphabet , such as the subcompact Gamma platform . Today, many of

430-580: A very long assembly process. The car was built on a unique platform known as the V-body, which was a shortened version of the E platform that underpinned the Cadillac Eldorado and other contemporary personal luxury coupes. The nameplate Allanté was selected by General Motors from 1,700 computer-generated potential names. Originally designed to compete with the Mercedes-Benz SL and Jaguar XJS ,

473-863: Is the platform: 2nd position is the platform generation. 3rd position is the body style: 4th position is the Brand: 5th position is an optional qualifier: for example the Sales market area: For example, E2UB-N is the Crossover Buick for the North-American market in the second generation of the Epsilon platform. As of April 2020 , GM has produced cars, trucks, and SUVs of multiple different sizes on 107 different platforms: 55 of these with Latin letters, 12 with English spellings of Greek letters, and 40 others. Also, 64 of these platforms are inherently RWD, while

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516-596: The Buick Reatta , Buick Riviera , and Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. However, these vehicles included a touchscreen control panel called the Graphic Control Center (GCC), which the Allanté did not. The Allanté incorporated an international production arrangement similar to the early 1950s Nash-Healey two-passenger sports car. The Allanté bodies were designed and manufactured in Italy by Pininfarina and were shipped to

559-581: The GMC Granite and Cadillac Urban Luxury concept cars . 2019 Chevrolet Tracker Also called Global Emerging Markets. 2016 GMC Canyon 2012 GMC Savana 2019 Chevrolet SIlverado 2019 Chevrolet Monza 2018 Buick GL8 This platform remains in use solely for the GL8, which is sold only in China. It is the only one of GM's Latin-letter platforms still in use. Also called

602-436: The "Allanté Air Bridge". The expensive shipping process stemmed from GM's recent closing of Fisher Body Plant #18 , which had supplied Cadillac bodies since 1921. It was not the first time that Cadillac joint-ventured with Pininfarina, having subcontracted body production for the 1959 Eldorado Brougham and design and coachworks for several one-offs, customs, and concept cars . The front-wheel drive Allanté roadster had

645-441: The 1,698 produced this year were built for export, all to Canada. As with the previous year, the most popular exterior was 47U – Euro Red with 549 units, while the least popular was 49U – Light Blue Metallic with 15 finished in that color. Three shades of leather were available for the interior, the colors and their production totals: Charcoal (859), Natural Beige (652), Maroon (187), (50) Polo Green, and one Pearl Flax (O4U). For

688-560: The 1970s and 1980s, GM introduced many new front-wheel drive (FWD) platforms for the first time, such as the FWD C platform introduced in 1985. Despite being mechanically very new and different, it kept the same name as the RWD C platform for the sake of consistency, as most of the models remained the same, such as the Oldsmobile 98 . For most of these platforms, the platform name is the fourth character of

731-600: The 1980s, Cadillac sought an aspirational model that would combine the prestige of a European design with the renown of a European coachbuilder — to help Cadillac compete with Mercedes and Jaguar. It would become the first modern-era two-passenger Cadillac roadster, and the first to wear the Cadillac name since the Cadillac Series 355 roadster of the 1930s. Cadillac General Manager Bob Burger sent engineers to Italy in 1982 to meet with designers and coachbuilders to explore

774-627: The 1993 model, Allanté was offered in a single model configuration: as a soft-top convertible priced at $ 59,975 (not including a mandatory $ 1,700 gas guzzler tax for vehicles sold in the United States). Options included the removable 60.5 lb (27.4 kg) aluminum hardtop, LCD digital instrument cluster ($ 495) in place of the standard analog instruments, pearl coat paint option ($ 700, in Flax or Canyon Yellow, with Hawaiian Orchid added midyear) and chrome squeeze-cast aluminum wheels. The 1993 models received

817-407: The 2,523 built for 1990, only five were exported – four to Canada and one to Germany. For the 1991 model year, a power-latching mechanism was added for the convertible top, and redesigned the top stowage cover mechanism to address customer complaints. The Bose stereo system was upgraded to 200 watts, and the digital instrument cluster, featured in all but 275 Allanté models this year, was repriced (it

860-481: The Allanté initially featured a slightly modified variant of the 4.1 L V8 used across Cadillac's model line. This was expanded to 4.5 L in 1989, and upgraded to the 4.6 L L37 Northstar in its final year, 1993. All Allanté models featured a fully electronic instrument and control panel, which was angled towards the driver, without knobs or manual controls. GM also implemented electronic controls in select premium mid-to-late 1980s luxury vehicles such as

903-561: The SGM258 platform. 2020 Buick Encore GX Slated to underpin all FWD GM cars plus subcompact crossovers by 2025. 2023 Cadillac CT6 Slated to underpin all RWD GM vehicles by 2025. 2025 Chevrolet Equinox Slated to underpin all GM crossovers (excluding those on VSS-F) by 2025. 2023 Chevrolet Colorado Slated to underpin all GM body-on-frame SUVs and trucks by 2025. 2020 Chevrolet Corvette The GM nomenclature works as follows: 1st position

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946-483: The U.S. for final assembly with domestically manufactured chassis and engine, eventually leading it to be referred to as "the world's longest assembly line." Specially equipped Boeing 747s departed from Turin International Airport with 56 bodies at a time, arriving at Detroit's Coleman A. Young International Airport about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Cadillac's new Hamtramck Assembly plant, known as

989-410: The design. GM stylist Wayne Kady along with Vice President of Design, Irv Rybicki , fought to have the design crafted in-house, Kady later saying GM leadership had decided to go with an Italian design even before Cadillac’s designers began work. The in-house designers were hurt and angry. Kady said to management, “We’ve done all your bread and butter cars through the years, but when it’s time to do

1032-446: The early twentieth century, a Latin letter -based naming scheme was used to designate platforms, which were aimed at vehicles under different brands that served similar niches of the market. For example, the B platform was the base for fullsize , rear-wheel drive (RWD) sedans and wagons from 1926 to 1996. This platform underpinned vehicles made by Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , Marquette , Pontiac , and Oldsmobile . During

1075-454: The factory on just 36 cars this year, was available for an additional $ 1,195. Allanté's bumper-to-bumper new car warranty, seven years and 100,000 mi (160,000 km), was three years longer than other Cadillacs, and an additional 50,000 mi (80,000 km) of coverage. Allanté owners also received a unique toll-free number for service or concerns. Headlamp washers and dual 10-way Recaro seating remained standard. A driver's side airbag

1118-456: The industry's first power retractable AM/FM/Cellular Telephone antenna, and a complex lamp-out module that substituted an adjacent lamp for a burned-out bulb in the exterior lighting system until the dead one could be replaced were all standard. The only option was a cellular telephone installed in a lockable center console. The base price was $ 54,700 ($ 146,700 in 2023 dollars ). The 1988 model year Allanté featured revised front seat headrests and

1161-411: The instrument panel to a new location on the upper end of the driver's door armrest. The power seat switches (previously mounted on the face of the seat base) were relocated to the lower side trim of the seat base facing the door panels. The 3-channel garage door opener base mounted on the header panel above the windshield was eliminated when a new sun visor design was introduced this year. Traction control

1204-505: The intelligent lighting module was eliminated; and 1993 models featured less expensive Lear -designed eight-way dual power seats, replacing the previous Recaro seats. Interior changes included the addition of an auto-dimming rearview mirror and a revised shifter grip. Other model year changes included Road Sensing Suspension , an active damper management system, revised disc brakes, revised variable-assist power steering rack, deeper front spoiler, and single-piece side windows, which eliminated

1247-461: The new 273ci (4.5 L) V8, produced 200 hp (149 kW; 203 PS), and with 270 lb⋅ft (366 N⋅m) of torque. Unlocking the trunk also unlocked the side doors if the key was rotated twice – similar to Mercedes-Benz and BMW. As a theft-deterrent, Allanté added GM's Pass Key (Personal Automotive Security System), using a resistor pellet within the ignition key to render the fuel system and starter inoperative if an incorrect ignition key

1290-521: The opening parade and the race's closing. Al Unser Jr's 1993 Allanté Festival/Pace car was featured at the 2012 and 2013 Keel's & Wheel's Concours D’Elegance in Seabrook, Texas. Bobby Unser was Grand Marshal in 2012, and Al Unser Jr. was Grand Marshal in 2013. Production reached 4,670 for the model year 1993, with 85 shipped to Canada and 30 were exported overseas: France (1), Austria (2), Belgium (5), Germany (5), Switzerland (6), and Japan (11). Despite

1333-429: The power steering and automatic transmission fluids, and a revised steering column to compensate for the removal of the driver's airbag. The Allanté for 1992 was priced at $ 58,470 for the convertible and $ 64,090 for the hardtop/convertible. Both prices included the mandated gas guzzler tax, now $ 1,300. As it had been the custom for a few years, price drops were announced midyear: $ 57,170 for the convertible and $ 62,790 for

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1376-427: The removable hardtop. The optional digital cluster was priced at $ 495 (available at no charge on the removable hardtop model). However, only 187 cars were equipped with the standard analog cluster this year. Also available on the convertible at extra cost was a pearl white paint group (option YL3) priced at $ 700 (a total of 443 made during 1992). 1992 was the last year of the multi-adjustable Recaro seating design. Four of

1419-529: The rest are primarily FWD. Furthermore, 50 of these have four-wheel drive variants as well. 1957 Chevrolet Task Force 1965 GM Beaumont 1972 GMC Sprint 1973 Buick Century 1980 Chevrolet Malibu 1996 Oldsmobile Ciera 1930 GM Marquette 1993 Buick Roadmaster 1959 Buick Electra 1989 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan 1958 Cadillac Series 75 1990 Cadillac Brougham 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado An extended 6-wheel variant of this platform

1462-616: The same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Motors_T_platform&oldid=1136266620 " Categories : Set index articles General Motors platforms Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles List of GM platforms From

1505-485: The significantly more powerful 4.6 L (280.7 cu in) Northstar DOHC V8 engine rated at 295 hp (220 kW) at 5600 rpm and 290 ft⋅lb (393 N⋅m) of torque at 4400 rpm. A new unequal-length control arm rear suspension was introduced, shared with the Seville and Eldorado. To offset increased costs, the 200-watt Bose stereo was dropped in favor of GM's Delco "Premium Symphony Sound System";

1548-505: The since-discontinued Latin letter platforms are informally called "bodies", such as "J-body", which refers to the J platform . In the 2010s, GM once again began to change platform nomenclature, this time to a four-character format: platform-generation-XX. An example of this is the D2XX, from the second generation of the Delta platform , hence the "D" and "2". All but three platforms listed here use

1591-498: The stationary forward vent window. The 1993 Allanté was also chosen as the 1992 pace car for the 76th Indianapolis 500 . The pace car was driven by Bobby Unser . Three modified 1993 Pace Cars had only the seat belts, lighted roll bar, and air intake modified from a stock production Allanté's. In addition to the official Allanté Pace cars provided for the race, thirty stock 1993 Allantés used as Festival/Pace Cars and 58 stock 1992 Allanté Festival/Pace cars used by drivers and crews at

1634-407: Was added to the leather-wrapped steering wheel, eliminating the telescoping steering wheel — which retained its tilt feature. The analog instrument cluster – introduced the previous year – was standard on the convertible (available at no extra cost on the hardtop/convertible), with 358 cars equipped with the analog cluster. The power mirror control moved from the right of the steering column on

1677-431: Was added – the first front-wheel drive automobile with a V8 to be equipped as such. The system was designed to cut fuel to four cylinders to reduce power and optimize traction. The electronically controlled shock absorbers were re-tuned to remain in "soft" mode up to 40 mph (64 km/h), up from 25 mph (40 km/h). A revised audio system allowed a CD and a cassette player to be added as standard equipment. Of

1720-424: Was friends with Sergio Pininfarina. As later told by Maria Vernacchia, Jordan referred to the Allanté as ‘The New Spirit of Cadillac,’ only suggesting a front grille similar to the typical Ferrari's with a classic rectangular grid design. Pininfarina opened a new facility specifically for Allanté manufacture outside Turin in rural San Giorgio Canavese , as a dedicated vehicle assembly plant, part of what would become

1763-477: Was now a $ 495 option for the convertible model). Prices began at $ 57,260, although a midyear price drop brought the Allanté convertible down to $ 55,900 and the hardtop/convertible down to $ 61,450 (from $ 62,810). Allanté had 16.3 cubic feet of storage (when using the pass-through compartment into the cabin area). Of the 1,928 models produced for 1991, only seven were manufactured for export – five to Canada, one to Italy, and another to Puerto Rico. Canadian models offered

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1806-593: Was used for the GMC motorhome . Cadillac Allant%C3%A9 The Cadillac Allanté is a two-door, two-seater luxury roadster marketed by Cadillac from 1987 until 1993. The Allanté was based on a Cadillac chassis and running gear with a convertible body style with a folding soft top and an available removable hardtop. The bodies were built in Italy by coachbuilder Pininfarina which were flown to Detroit for final assembly. Over 21,000 were built during its seven-year production run. To maintain luxury market position in

1849-401: Was used. Allanté also received a new speed-sensitive damper system called Speed Dependent Damping Control , or SD²C. This system firmed the suspension at 25 mph (40 km/h) and again at 60 mph (97 km/h). The firmest setting was also used starting from a standstill until 5 mph (8.0 km/h). Another change was a variable-assist steering system. For the 1990 model year,

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