See also: List of GM platforms.
| GM C platform (RWD) | |
| Manufacturer: | General Motors |
| Production: | 1925–1984 |
| Class: | Full-size car |
| Layout: | FR layout |
| Related: | GM D platform GM B platform |
The GM C Platform was a rear wheel drive (RWD) automobile chassis used by General Motors for its full-sized cars from 1925 through 1984. From at least 1941, when the B-body followed suit in adopting the C-body's pioneering lower and wider bodystyle, abandoning running boards, it may be viewed as a larger and more upscale brother to the GM B platform. It was also related to the limousine D platform.
With the introduction of a severely downsized front-wheel drive new GM C platform in 1985, it was redesignated as GM's D platform and continued in production for a number of Cadillac models through 1996.
Among the earlier models the C-body was used for were the Pontiac Series 24/29 Torpedo, Oldsmobile 98, the Buick Roadmaster, Super and 1958 Limited, the LaSalle Series 52, and all mid-level Cadillacs starting with the Cadillac Series 355.
Generally the C-Body was for the top-of-the-line models of multiple General Motors divisions including the Oldsmobile 98 and Buick Electra, and the base model for multiple Cadillacs, including the Series 6200 Calais, the Series 6300 de Ville, the Series 6400 Eldorado, the Series 6000 Fleetwood Sixty Special and the Fleetwood Brougham.
| Years | Model | Next platform | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925-1930 | Cadillac Type V-63 | - | |
| 1930-1935 | Cadillac Series 355 | - | |
| 1936 | Cadillac Series 80 | - | |
| 1936–1937 | Cadillac Series 70 | - | |
| 1937–1938 | Cadillac Series 65 | - | |
| 1940–1964 | Cadillac Series 62 | - | |
| 1942–1976 | Cadillac Sixty Special (stretched for most of its existence) | GM C platform (FWD) | |
| 1948–1950 | Cadillac Series 61 | - | |
| 1959–1966 | Cadillac Eldorado | GM E platform | |
| 1959–1984 | Cadillac De Ville | GM C platform (FWD) | |
| 1965–1976 | Cadillac Calais | - | |
| 1977–1984 | Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham | GM D platform (1985) | |
| 1940 | LaSalle Series 52 | - | |
| 1936–1958 | Buick Roadmaster | GM B platform | |
| 1940–1958 | Buick Super | - | |
| 1958 | Buick Limited | - | |
| 1959–1984 | Buick Electra | GM C platform (FWD) | |
| 1971–1976 | Buick Estate | ||
| 1940–1984 | Oldsmobile 90, 96 and 98 | GM C platform (FWD) | |
| 1971–1976 | Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser | ||
| 1940–1941 | Pontiac Series 24/29 Torpedo | - | |
| 1971–1976 | full-sized Pontiac Safari, and Pontiac Grand Safari | ||
| 1971–1976 | Chevrolet Townsman/Brookwood/Kingswood/Kingswood Estate |