See main article: GM T platform.
| GM T platform | |
| Parent Company: | General Motors |
| Production: | 1979-2016 |
| Class: | Compact (C) |
| Layout: | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive |
| 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.
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The platform was superseded by GM Delta platform and preceded by the GM T platform (RWD).