List of General Motors platforms explained

The American-based international automotive conglomerate General Motors (GM) underpins its many vehicle models with various platforms. These platforms are established sets of axles, suspensions, and steering mechanisms which fit various bodies and powertrains from various marques that GM owns.

From the early twentieth century, a Latin letter-based naming scheme was used to designate platforms,[1] 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 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 a vehicle's VIN, with a notable exception being trucks, for which it is the fifth character.[2]

At the outset of the twenty-first century, General Motors' approach to platforms changed,[3] and so did the nomenclature they use. Platforms themselves are now referred to by GM as "architectures",[4] and are now named according to the English-language names of letters from the Greek alphabet, such as the subcompact Gamma platform.[5] Today, many of 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".[6]

All but three platforms listed here use a front-mounted engine, and those exceptions are noted in the 'layout' column.

In production

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.

!Example Image!Name!Layout!Introduced!Vehicles Underpinned!Notes
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EVBEV3FWD/RWD/AWD2022 The successor to the BEV2 platform.
2020 Cadillac CT5Alpha IIRWD/AWD2019 The successor to the Alpha I platform.
2019 Chevrolet BlazerC1XXFWD/AWD2017 A crossover-focused derivative of the E2XX platform.[7]
2020 Chevrolet CorvetteY2XXRWD2020 Indirect successor to the P I platform.
2018 GMC TerrainD2XXFWD/AWD2012 The successor to both the Delta II and Theta platforms, in accordance with GM's newest nomenclature.
2017 Vauxhall InsigniaE2XXFWD/AWD2016 The successor to the Epsilon II platform.
2018 Chevrolet SparkG2XXFWD/AWD2015 The successor to the Gamma II platform, in accordance with GM's renaming of most of their platforms in "_ _ XX" format circa 2015.[8]
2017 Chevrolet SonicGamma IIFWD/AWD2010 This generation of the Gamma platform is the first to have been developed by GM Korea, as the first generation was developed by Opel.[9] Also used for the GMC Granite and Cadillac Urban Luxury concept cars.
2019 Chevrolet TrackerGEMFWD2016 A new low-cost platform focused on developing market regions, designed by Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center, GM's joint development center with SAIC.Also called Global Emerging Markets.
2016 GMC CanyonGMT 31XXRWD/AWD2012 Also called the GMT 700 platform.
2012 GMC SavanaGMT 610RWD/AWD2003 Mechanically very similar to its predecessor, the GMT 600 platform.[10]
2019 Chevrolet SIlveradoGMT T1XXRWD/AWD2018 The successor to the GMT K2XX platform.[11]
2024 Chevrolet Silverado EVBT1FWD/RWD/AWD2021
2016 Cadillac CT6OmegaRWD/AWD2016 The successor to the Zeta platform.Also used for the 2015 Buick Avenir concept car.[12]
2019 Buick LaCrosseP2XXFWD/AWD2017
  • 2017–present Buick LaCrosse
An extended wheelbase derivative of the E2XX platform.[13]
2019 Chevrolet MonzaPATAC KFWD2015 A low-cost derivative of the D2XX platform designed by Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center, GM's joint development center with SAIC.
2018 Buick GL8U IVFWD/AWD2010 The successor to the U III platform.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 the SGM258 platform.[14]

2020 Buick Encore GXVSS-FFWD/AWD2019 The eventual consolidated successor to the Gamma II, G2XX, E2XX, D2XX, P2XX, PATAC K, U IV, GM4200, and GEM platforms.Slated to underpin all FWD GM cars plus subcompact crossovers by 2025.[15]
The GM nomenclature works as follows:
1st position 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.

Historical applications

, 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 the rest are primarily FWD. Furthermore, 50 of these have four-wheel drive variants as well.

Latin-letter platforms

!Example Image!Name!Layout!Introduced!Ended!Vehicles Underpinned!Notes
1957 Chevrolet Task ForceA IRWD19231959 The first use of a shared platform by GM.
1965 GM BeaumontA IIRWD19621969 The successor to the A I platform.
1972 GMC SprintA IIIRWD19681972
  • 1968 – 1972 Buick Skylark
  • 1968 – 1972 Buick Sport Wagon
  • 1968 – 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle
  • 1968 – 1972 Chevrolet El Camino
  • 1968 – 1972 Oldsmobile 442
  • 1968 – 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass
  • 1968 – 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
  • 1968 – 1972 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser
  • 1968 – 1972 Pontiac GTO
  • 1968 – 1970 Pontiac Tempest
  • 1968 – 1972 Pontiac LeMans
  • 1970 – 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
  • 1971 – 1972 GMC Sprint
The successor to the A II platform.
1973 Buick CenturyA IVRWD19731977
  • 1973 – 1977 Buick Century
  • 1973 – 1977 Buick Regal
  • 1973 – 1977 Chevrolet Chevelle
  • 1973 – 1977 Chevrolet El Camino
  • 1973 – 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
  • 1973 – 1977 GMC Sprint
  • 1973 – 1977 Oldsmobile 442
  • 1973 – 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass
  • 1973 – 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
  • 1973 – 1975 Pontiac Grand Am
  • 1973 – 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix
  • 1973 – 1977 Pontiac LeMans
  • 1977 – 1977 Pontiac Can Am
The successor to the A III platform.
1980 Chevrolet MalibuA VRWD19781981
  • 1978 – 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
  • 1978 – 1981 GMC Caballero
  • 1978 – 1981 Buick Century
  • 1978 – 1981 Buick Regal
  • 1978 – 1981 Chevrolet El Camino
  • 1978 – 1981 Chevrolet Malibu
  • 1978 – 1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
  • 1978 – 1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass
  • 1978 – 1981 Pontiac LeMans
  • 1978 – 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix
  • 1978 – 1981 Pontiac Grand Am
The successor to the A IV platform.
1996 Oldsmobile CieraA VIFWD19821996 The successor to the A V platform.
1930 GM MarquetteB IRWD19261990 The single longest-produced GM platform to date.
1993 Buick RoadmasterB IIRWD19911996
  • 1991 – 1996 Buick Roadmaster
  • 1991 – 1996 Chevrolet Caprice
  • 1991 – 1992 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser
  • 1994 – 1996 Chevrolet Impala
The successor to the B I platform.
1959 Buick ElectraC IRWD19361984 All references to 1971–76 GM station wagons should be B1, not C1. Although the wheelbases on the wagons were longer than the sedans, the architecture matched that of B-body. Check the door inner bottom trim or the rear door cutline. The body letter became 2nd digit of the cowl tag about 1973 and the Buick Estate Wagon is mentioned as the 4BN35 and 4BN45 in the 1976 sales brochure. Electra sedan is 4CV39 in same brochure.
1989 Oldsmobile Touring SedanC IIFWD19851996 GM's first fullsize FWD, transverse engine platform.
1958 Cadillac Series 75D IRWD19361984 1975–76 Cadillac Series 75 became the Limousine and Nine-Passenger Sedan (w/o glass partition) in literature.
1990 Cadillac BroughamD IIRWD19851996
  • 1985 – 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
  • 1987 – 1992 Cadillac Brougham
  • 1993 – 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood
  • 1985 – 1996 Cadillac Commercial Chassis
The successor to the C I platform.
1967 Oldsmobile ToronadoEFWD19632002 The first post-WWII FWD cars in the United States.An extended 6-wheel variant of this platform was used for the GMC motorhome.
1969 Pontiac FirebirdF IRWD19671969
1974 Chevrolet CamaroF IIRWD19701981
  • 1970 – 1981 Chevrolet Camaro
  • 1970 – 1981 Pontiac Firebird
The successor to the F I platform.
1989 Pontiac FirebirdF IIIRWD19821992
  • 1982 – 1992 Chevrolet Camaro
  • 1982 – 1992 Pontiac Firebird
The successor to the F II platform.
2000 Chevrolet CamaroF IVRWD19932002
  • 1993 – 2002 Chevrolet Camaro
  • 1993 – 2002 Pontiac Firebird
The successor to the F III platform.
1987 Buick RegalG IRWD19691988
  • 1978 – 1987 Buick Regal
  • 1978 – 1987 Chevrolet El Camino
  • 1978 – 1983 Chevrolet Malibu
  • 1982 – 1987 GMC Caballero
  • 1978 – 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
  • 1978 – 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass
  • 1978 – 1986 Pontiac Bonneville
  • 1978 – 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix
  • 1981 – 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Indirect successor to the A II platform.
2003 Pontiac BonnevilleG IIFWD19952005
  • 1995 – 1999 Buick Riviera
  • 1995 – 2003 Oldsmobile Aurora
  • 1997 – 2005 Buick Park Avenue
  • 1998 – 2004 Cadillac Seville
  • 2000 – 2005 Buick LeSabre
  • 2000 – 2005 Pontiac Bonneville
  • 2000 – 2005 Cadillac Deville
The consolidated successor to the G I, C II, H II, and K II platforms.
2006 Buick LucerneG IIIFWD20062011 The successor to the G II platform.
1973 Pontiac AstreH IRWD19711980 Successor to the Y I platform.
1998 Pontiac BonnevilleH IIFWD19861999
  • 1986 – 1999 Buick LeSabre
  • 1986 – 1999 Oldsmobile 88
  • 1987 – 1999 Pontiac Bonneville
Indirect successor to the G I platform.
1985 Cadillac CimarronJFWD19812005 The successor to the H I platform.
1977 Cadillac SevilleK IRWD19751979
  • 1975 – 1979 Cadillac Seville
Used solely for the Seville.
1996 Cadillac DevilleK IIFWD19801999
  • 1980 – 1997 Cadillac Seville
  • 1994 – 1999 Cadillac Deville
The successor to the K I platform.
1989 Chevrolet BerettaLFWD19871996 The successor to the X II platform.
1988 Chevrolet AstroMRWD/AWD19852005 Mechanically unrelated to the FWD M platform, which was sold to Suzuki before production.
1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass CalaisN IFWD19841991
1994 Buick SkylarkN IIFWD19921998
  • 1992 – 1998 Pontiac Grand Am
  • 1992 – 1998 Oldsmobile Achieva
  • 1992 – 1998 Buick Skylark
The successor to the N I platform.
2001 Chevrolet MalibuN IIIFWD19992005
  • 1997 – 1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass
  • 1997 – 2003 Chevrolet Malibu
  • 1999 – 2005 Pontiac Grand Am
  • 1999 – 2004 Oldsmobile Alero
  • 2004 – 2005 Chevrolet Classic
The consolidated successor to the A VI, L, and N II platforms.Also called the P-90 and GMX130 platforms.
1987 Pontiac FieroP Imid-engine,RWD19831988 Used solely for the Fiero.The only mid-engined platform from GM until that of the 2020 Corvette.[16]
1996 General Motors EV1P IIFWD19962003 Used solely for the EV1.Also called the BEV1 platform retroactively since the introduction of the BEV2 platform in 2016.
1993 Asüna SunfireRFWD/AWD19851993 An indirect successor to the T I platform.
1990 Holden NovaS IFWD19872006 Produced by NUMMI and UAAI, joint ventures between GM and Toyota.
1996 Geo PrizmS IIFWD/AWD19912002 Produced by NUMMI and UAAI, joint ventures between GM and Toyota.The successor to the S I platform.
1999 Chevrolet PrizmS IIIFWD/AWD19952002 Produced by NUMMI, a joint venture between GM and Toyota.The successor to the S II platform.
2006 Pontiac VibeS IVFWD/AWD20002017 Produced by NUMMI, a joint venture between GM and Toyota.The successor to the S III platform.
2009 Pontiac VibeS V**FWD/AWD20076present
  • 2006–present Toyota Corolla*
  • 2009 – 2014 Toyota Matrix*
  • 2009 – 2010 Pontiac Vibe
Produced by NUMMI, a joint venture between GM and Toyota.The successor to the S IV platform.
1978 Holden GeminiT IRWD19731995 The last RWD compact platform to be produced by GM.
1993 Asüna SET IIFWD19792012 The successor to the T I, this platform was the first in a continuing series of small FWD GM platforms.
1990 Chevrolet Lumina APVU IFWD19891996 Also called the GMT 199 platform.
1997 Vauxhall SintraU IIFWD/AWD19962005 Also called the GMT 200 platform,.
2007 Saturn RelayU IIIFWD/AWD20012010 Also called the GMT 201 platform and the GMT 250 platform.
1968 Opel RekordV IRWD19662007 Indirect successor to the B I platform.Also used for the Buick XP2000 concept car.
1991 Cadillac AllantéV IIFWD19871993 Short-wheelbase variant of the E platform.
1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass SupremeW IFWD19882001
  • 1988 – 1996 Buick Regal
  • 1988 – 1997 Oldsmobile Cutass Supreme
  • 1988 – 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix
  • 1990 – 2001 Chevrolet Lumina
  • 1995 – 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2004 Chevrolet Monte CarloW IIFWD19972005
  • 1997 – 2004 Buick Regal
  • 1997 – 2005 Buick Century
  • 1997 – 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix
  • 1998 – 2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue
  • 2000 – 2005 Chevrolet Impala
  • 2000 – 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
The successor to the W I platform.
2007 Pontiac Grand PrixW IIIFWD20042016
  • 2004 – 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix
  • 2005 – 2009 Buick LaCrosse
  • 2005 – 2009 Buick Allure
  • 2006 – 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
  • 2006 – 2016 Chevrolet Impala
The successor to the W II platform.
1973 Buick ApolloX IRWD19611979
1980 Pontiac PhoenixX IIFWD19791985
  • 1980 – 1985 Buick Skylark
  • 1980 – 1985 Chevrolet Citation
  • 1980 – 1984 Oldsmobile Omega
  • 1980 – 1984 Pontiac Phoenix
The successor to the X I platform.
1962 Oldsmobile JetfireY IRWD19601964
  • 1961 – 1963 Buick Special
  • 1961 – 1963 Oldsmobile F-85
  • 1961 – 1963 Pontiac Tempest
  • 1962 – 1963 Oldsmobile Jetfire
  • 1962 – 1963 Buick Skylark
  • 1963 – 1963 Pontiac LeMans
2008 Cadillac XLRY IIRWD19842019 Indirect successor to the Y I platform.
1966 Chevrolet CorvairZ Irear-engine,RWD19601969 The only rear-engined platform GM has produced, used solely for the Corvair.
1999 Saturn SWZ IIFWD19912002 Not a direct successor to the Z I platform, sharing the name only.

Others

Example ImageNameLayoutIntroducedEndedVehicles UnderpinnedNotes
2016 Chevrolet CamaroAlpha IRWD/AWD20122023 This generation of the Alpha platform remains in production solely for the Camaro, which will be succeeded in 2023 by a model upon VSS-R.[17]
2019 Chevrolet BoltBEV2FWD/RWD/AWD20162023 The successor to the P II platform.
2004 Saturn IonDelta IFWD20032014
  • 2003 – 2007 Saturn Ion
  • 2004 – 2014 Opel Astra
  • 2004 – 2014 Vauxhall Astra
  • 2004 – 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt
  • 2005 – 2011 Chevrolet Astra
  • 2005 – 2006 Pontiac Pursuit
  • 2005 – 2006 Pontiac G4
  • 2005 – 2011 Holden Astra
  • 2005 – 2009 Opel Zafira
  • 2009 – 2014 Chevrolet Zafira
  • 2005 – 2009 Vauxhall Zafira
  • 2006 – 2011 Chevrolet HHR
  • 2007 – 2011 Chevrolet Vectra
  • 2007 – 2010 Pontiac G5
  • 2007 – 2009 Saturn Astra
The consolidated successor to the J, R, T II, and Z II platforms.Also called the GMT 001 platform for the HHR.
2014 Vauxhall AmperaDelta IIFWD/AWD20082019 The successor to the Delta I platform.
2008 Cadillac BLSEpsilon IFWD/AWD20022014 The consolidated successor to the G III, N III, GM2900, W, and Zeta platforms.Also used for the Saab PhoeniX and Opel Signum2 concept cars
2014 Roewe 950Epsilon II**FWD/AWD20082019
  • 2008 – 2017 Opel Insignia
  • 2008 – 2017 Vauxhall Insignia
  • 2008 – 2010 Chevrolet Vectra
  • 2010 – 2016 Buick LaCrosse
  • 2010 – 2016 Buick Allure
  • 2010 – 2015 GM Alpheon
  • 2010 – 2012 Saab 9-5
  • 2011 – 2017 Buick Regal
  • 2012–present SAIC Roewe 950*
  • 2012 – 2019 Cadillac XTS
  • 2012 – 2016 Chevrolet Malibu
  • 2013 – 2016 Holden Malibu
  • 2015 – 2017 Holden Insignia
The successor to the Epsilon I platform.Also used for the Buick Riviera and Opel GTC concept cars.
1991 Holden CalibraGM2900FWD19882016 An indirect successor to the J platform.
2011 Chevrolet MontanaGM4200FWD19822021 Originally the S platform. Eventually succeeded the Suzuki M platform.
1992 Asüna SunrunnerGMT 190RWD/AWD19892016 Name retroactively applied in 2002 with the introduction of the GMT 191, GMT 192, and GMT 193 platforms.
2004 GMC Envoy XUVGMT 305RWD/AWD20042005
  • 2004 – 2005 GMC Envoy XUV
Produced solely for the Envoy XUV.
1991 GMC SonomaGMT 325RWD/AWD19812012 Mechanically very similar to the GMT 330 platform.Name retroactively applied in 1988 with the introduction of the GMT 400 platform.
1998 Oldsmobile BravadaGMT 330RWD/AWD19812005 Mechanically very similar to the GMT 325 platform.Name retroactively applied 1988 with the introduction of the GMT 400 platform.
2006 Hummer H3GMT 345RWD/AWD20052010 Produced solely for the H3.Also used for the Hummer HX concept car.

Mechanically very similar to the GMT 745 platform.

2010 Great Wall SoCoolGMT 355RWD/AWD20032012 The successor to the GMT 325 platform.
2005 Buick RainierGMT 360RWD/AWD20012009 The successor to the GMT 330 platform.
2006 Chevrolet SSRGMT 368RWD20022006 Short-wheelbase variant of the GMT 360 platform, produced solely for the SSR.
2007 Isuzu Ascender EXTGMT 370RWD/AWD20022007
  • 2002 – 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT
  • 2002 – 2006 GMC Envoy XL
  • 2003 – 2007 Isuzu Ascender EXT
Long-wheelbase variant of the GMT 360 platform.
1993 Chevrolet C/KGMT 400RWD/AWD19882000 Mechanically very similar to the GMT 480 platform.
1995 Chevrolet SuburbanGMT 410RWD/AWD19921999
  • 1992 – 1999 Chevrolet Suburban
Mechanically very similar to the GMT 425 platform.
1992 Chevrolet K5 BlazerGMT 415RWD/AWD19921994 Mechanically very similar to the GMT 420 and GMT 430 platforms.
1997 Chevrolet TahoeGMT 420RWD/AWD19952000
  • 1995 – 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe
Mechanically very similar to the GMT 430 and GMT 415 platforms.
1998 GMC SuburbanGMT 425RWD/AWD19921999 Mechanically very similar to the GMT 410 platform.
1996 GMC YukonGMT 430RWD/AWD19922000
  • 1992 – 2000 GMC Yukon
Mechanically very similar to the GMT 420 and GMT 415 platforms.
2002 Chevrolet Chassis CabGMT 435RWD/AWD19992000 Short-wheelbase derivative of the GMT 455 platform.
1992 Chevrolet Chassis CabGMT 455RWD/AWD19912002 Mechanically very similar to the GMT 435 platform.
1993 GMC Sierra 2500GMT 480RWD/AWD19882000
  • 1988 – 2000 GMC Sierra
Mechanically very similar to the GMT 400 platform.
1997 Chevrolet KodiakGMT 530RWD/AWD19902008 The first solely medium-duty GM truck platform.
2009 GMC TopKickGMT 560RWD/AWD20032018
  • 2003 – 2010 GMC TopKick
  • 2003 – 2010 Chevrolet Kodiak
  • 2003 – 2018 Isuzu H-Series
The successor to the GMT 530 platform.The last solely medium-duty GM truck platform.
1999 Chevrolet ExpressGMT 600RWD19952002 Mechanically very similar to its successor, the GMT 610 platform.
2009 Hummer H3TGMT 745RWD/AWD20092010 Produced solely for the H3T, the pickup variant of the H3.Mechanically very similar to the GMT 345 platform.
2002 GMC SierraGMT 800RWD/AWD19992006
  • 1999 – 2006 Chevrolet Silverado
  • 1999 – 2006 GMC Sierra
The consolidated successor to the GMT 400 and GMT 480 platforms.
2002 Chevrolet AvalancheGMT 805RWD/AWD20022006 Indirect successor to the GMT 455 platform.
2005 Cadillac Escalade EXTGMT 806RWD/AWD20022006
  • 2002 – 2006 Cadillac Escalade EXT
Indirect successor to the GMT 455 platform.
2009 Hummer H2GMT 820RWD/AWD20002009
  • 2000 – 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe
  • 2000 – 2006 GMC Yukon
  • 2002 – 2009 Hummer H2
  • 2002 – 2006 Cadillac Escalade
The successor to the GMT 415, GMT 420, and GMT 430 platforms.
2001 GMC Yukon XLGMT 830RWD/AWD20002006
  • 2000 – 2006 GMC Yukon XL
  • 2000 – 2006 Chevrolet Suburban
  • 2000 – 2006 Cadillac Escalade ESV
The successor to the GMT 410 and GMT 425 platforms.
2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500GMT 880RWD/AWD19992006
  • 1999 – 2006 GMC Sierra 2500
  • 1999 – 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
  • 1999 – 2006 GMC Sierra 3500
  • 1999 – 2006 Chevrolet SIlverado 3500
The consolidated successor to the GMT 435 and GMT 455 platforms.
2010 GMC SierraGMT 900RWD/AWD20072013
  • 2007 – 2013 GMC Sierra
  • 2007 – 2013 Chevrolet Silverado
The successor to the GMT 800 platform.
2012 Chevrolet Silverado 3500GMT 910RWD/AWD20072013
  • 2007 – 2014 GMC Sierra 2500
  • 2007 – 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
  • 2007 – 2014 GMC Sierra 3500
  • 2007 – 2014 Chevrolet SIlverado 3500
The successor to the GMT 880 platform.
2008 GMC YukonGMT 920RWD/AWD20072014
  • 2007 – 2014 Chevrolet Tahoe
  • 2007 – 2014 Cadillac Escalade
  • 2007 – 2014 GMC Yukon
The successor to the GMT 820 platform.
2007 Chevrolet SuburbanGMT 930RWD/AWD20072014
  • 2007 – 2014 Chevrolet Suburban
  • 2007 – 2014 Cadillac Escalade ESV
  • 2007 – 2014 GMC Yukon XL
The successor to the GMT 830 platform.
2007 Chevrolet AvalancheGMT 940RWD/AWD20062013
  • 2007 – 2013 Chevrolet Avalanche
  • 2007 – 2013 Cadillac Escalade EXT
The consolidated successor to the GMT 805 and GMT 806 platforms.
2016 Cadillac Escalade ESVGMT K2XXRWD/AWD20132020
  • 2014 – 2020 GMC Sierra
  • 2014 – 2020 Chevrolet Silverado
  • 2015 – 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe
  • 2015 – 2020 Chevrolet Suburban
  • 2015 – 2020 Cadillac Escalade
  • 2015 – 2020 Cadillac Escalade ESV
  • 2015 – 2020 GMC Yukon
  • 2015 – 2020 GMC Yukon XL
The consolidated successor to the GMT 900, GMT 910, GMT 920, GMT 930, and GMT 940 platforms.
2009 Saturn SkyKappaRWD20062009 Indirect successor to the Y II platform.Also used for the Saturn Curve concept car.
2008 Buick EnclaveLambdaFWD/AWD20062017
  • 2007 – 2010 Saturn Outlook
  • 2007 – 2016 GMC Acadia
  • 2008 – 2017 Buick Enclave
  • 2009 – 2017 Chevrolet Traverse
The successor to the U III platform's two crossovers, as well as the GMT 370 platform.Also called the GMT 510 platform and the GMT 960 platform.
2007 Alfa Romeo BreraPremiumFWD/AWD20022003 Co-developed with Fiat-Chrysler (then just Fiat).GM never produced any models on this platform, instead moving its models to the Epsilon II platform.

Also used for the Opel Insignia and Alfa Romeo Visconti concept cars.

2012 Cadillac SLSSigma IRWD/AWD20022013 Also called the GMT 265 platform for the SRX.
2010 Cadillac CTSSigma IIRWD/AWD20082015
  • 2008 – 2015 Cadillac CTS
Produced solely for the CTS.
2016 Chevrolet EquinoxThetaFWD/AWD20022018 The successor to the GMT 360 platform.Also used for the Chevrolet S3X and T2X concept cars.

Also called the GMT 191 platform for the Equinox, GMT 192 platform for the Torrent, and GMT 193 platform for the XL7.

2012 Saab 9-4XTheta PremiumFWD/AWD20102016
  • 2010 – 2016 Cadillac SRX
  • 2011 – 2012 Saab 9-4X
Luxury variant of the Theta platform.Also called Theta-Epsilon since it shares components with the Epsilon II platform, as well as the GMT 267 platform.
2015 Opel CorsaSCCSFWD/AWD20052019 Co-developed with Fiat-Chrysler (then just Fiat).
1987 Chevrolet SprintSuzuki M IFWD19832004
1988–1992 Suzuki SwiftSuzuki M IIFWD19882004
  • 1988 – 1994 Holden Barina
  • 1989 – 1994 Pontiac Firefly
  • 1989 – 1992 Chevrolet Sprint
  • 1989 – 1994 Geo Metro
  • 1989 – 2004 Suzuki Swift*
  • 1989 – 2016 Suzuki Cultus*
  • 1990 – 1994 Maruti 1000*
  • 1994 – 2010 Maruti Esteem*
  • 1995 – 2003 Subaru Justy*
  • 1999 – 2015 Suzuki Lingyang*
The successor to the Suzuki M I platform.
1998 Chevrolet MetroSuzuki M IIIFWD19952016
  • 1995 – 2001 Pontiac Firefly
  • 1995 – 2001 Suzuki Swift*
  • 1995 – 1997 Geo Metro
  • 1998 – 2001 Chevrolet Metro
The successor to the Suzuki M II platform.
2010 Daewoo VeritasZeta IRWD20062017
  • 2006 – 2013 Holden Commodore
  • 2006 – 2010 Holden Statesman
  • 2006 – 2013 Holden Caprice
  • 2006 – 2013 Holden Ute
  • 2007 – 2011 Chevrolet Omega
  • 2007 – 2013 Vauxhall VXR8
  • 2007 – 2012 Buick Park Avenue
  • 2007 – 2017 Chevrolet Caprice
  • 2008 – 2009 Pontiac G8
  • 2008 – 2012 Bitter Vero*
  • 2008 – 2010 Daewoo Veritas
  • 2010 – 2015 Chevrolet Camaro
  • 2011 – 2013 Chevrolet Lumina
Also called the Global RWD Architecture.The consolidated successor to the B II, F IV, and V I platforms.

Also used for the Holden Coupe 60 concept car.

2013 Holden CommodoreZeta IIRWD20132017
  • 2013 – 2017 Holden Ute
  • 2013 – 2017 Holden Commodore
  • 2013 – 2017 Holden Caprice
  • 2013 – 2017 Vauxhall VXR8
  • 2014 – 2017 Chevrolet SS
Also called the Global RWD Architecture.The successor to the Zeta I platform.
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Future platforms

In 2015 GM announced their intention to shift all of their vehicles (with the notable exception of the eighth-generation Corvette) to four platforms by 2025. The following are those platforms, including the already-launched VSS-F:

Vehicle Set Strategy!Name!Layout!Introduction!Vehicles to be Underpinned!Notes
VSS-FFWD/AWD2019
  • 4th generation Buick GL8
  • 4th generation Buick LaCrosse
  • 7th generation Buick Regal
  • 3rd generation Buick Excelle
  • 3rd generation Buick Verano
  • 3rd generation Chevrolet Spark
  • 4th generation Chevrolet Sail
  • 2nd generation Chevrolet Sonic
  • 3rd generation Chevrolet Onix
  • 2nd generation Chevrolet Spin
  • 3rd generation Chevrolet Cobalt
  • 2nd generation Chevrolet Montana
  • 3rd generation Chevrolet Prisma
  • 3rd generation Chevrolet Cruze
  • 5th generation Chevrolet Cavalier
  • 10th generation Chevrolet Malibu
The eventual consolidated successor to the Gamma II, G2XX, E2XX, D2XX, P2XX, PATAC K, U IV, GM4200, and GEM platforms.Slated to underpin all FWD GM cars plus subcompact crossovers by 2025.
VSS-RRWD/AWD2023
  • 7th generation Chevrolet Camaro
  • 2nd generation Cadillac CT4
  • 2nd generation Cadillac CT5
  • 2nd generation Cadillac CT6
The eventual consolidated successor to the Alpha and Omega platforms.Slated to underpin all RWD GM vehicles by 2025.
VSS-TRWD/AWD2025
  • 3rd generation Chevrolet Colorado
  • 3rd generation GMC Canyon
  • 4th generation Chevrolet Silverado
  • 5th generation GMC Sierra
  • 6th generation Cadillac Escalade
  • 13th generation Chevrolet Suburban
  • 6th generation Chevrolet Tahoe
  • 2nd generation Chevrolet Express
  • 2nd generation GMC Savana
  • 6th generation GMC Yukon
  • 6th generation GMC Yukon XL
The eventual consolidated successor to the GMT platforms.Slated to underpin all GM body-on-frame SUVs and trucks by 2025.
VSS-SFWD/AWD2024
  • 2nd generation Cadillac XT5
  • 2nd generation Cadillac XT6
  • 3rd generation Buick Enclave
  • 4th generation Chevrolet Blazer
  • 3rd generation GMC Acadia
  • 3rd generation Chevrolet Traverse
  • 2nd generation Cadillac XT4
  • 3rd generation GMC Terrain
  • 2nd generation Buick Envision
  • 4th generation Chevrolet Equinox
The eventual consolidated successor to the D2XX and C1XX platforms.Slated to underpin all GM crossovers (excluding those on VSS-F) by 2025.
It is currently unknown whether GEM or a similar low-cost platform will be continued in some form as a subset of VSS.

EV platforms

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Notes and References

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