General Motors T platform (FWD)

GM T platform
GM T platform
	Opel Kadett E Caravan
Overview
Parent company	General Motors
Also called	GM2700; GM3000; T-body;
Production	1979-2016
Body and chassis
Class	Compact (C)
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Body style(s)	2-door convertible; 2-door coupé; 3-door hatchback; 3-door sedan delivery; 4-door sedan; 5-door hatchback; 5-door MPV; 5-door station wagon;
Chronology
Predecessor	GM T platform (1973); GM M platform;
Successor	GM Delta platform

General Motors reused the T-body designation (sometimes referred to as the T80 platform to differentiate it from the previous T-body), beginning in 1979 with the front-wheel drive Opel Kadett D and the Vauxhall Astra Mk I. This was part of a global strategy by GM to introduce a new front-wheel drive architecture for its sub-compact models, and would be further developed into the J-body platform which would cover the compact (lower mid-size outside North America) size segment.

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This version of the T-body also became widespread throughout the world, including South Africa, where the rear-wheel drive version was not originally available.^[1]

Other names for the FWD T platform are the GM2700 and the GM3000, applied to Opel Astra G and Zafira A and their rebadges.

The platform was superseded by GM Delta platform and preceded by the GM T platform (RWD).

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