GM U platform
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The U platform is a generic name for General Motors' minivan platform.
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[edit] 1990
The first U-body (platform) minivans arrived. Initially offered as the Chevrolet Lumina APV, Oldsmobile Silhouette, and Pontiac Trans Sport. Platform suspension components partially derived from the A-body (Chevrolet Celebrity).
[edit] 1997
The revised U platform minivans, also known as the GMT200, arrived in 1997. Cars that use this platform are the Chevrolet Venture, the Oldsmobile Silhouette, and the Pontiac Trans Sport Montana (which permanently dropped the Trans Sport name in 1999), as well as Opel/Vauxhall Sintra.
[edit] 2005
The U-body was updated once again - GM refers to this generation of minivans as "Crossover Sport Vans" (CSV). The CSVs are: Buick Terraza, Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, and the Saturn Relay. All 4 minivans are built at GM's plant in Doraville, Georgia.
[edit] Future
GM will build its future range of minivans off of the Lambda platform. The Montana SV6 will be discontinued after 2006, the Buick Terraza will be discontinued after 2008, and recently announced the Saturn Relay will be discontinued after 2009.
[edit] See also
Current GM platforms:
- Gamma - subcompact FWD
- Delta - compact FWD
- Epsilon - mid-size FWD
- Kappa - compact RWD
- W - midsize cars FWD
- Sigma - midsize RWD
- G/K - fullsize cars FWD
- V - full-size RWD
- Theta - crossover SUV AWD
- U - minivan FWD
- Lambda - minivan FWD/AWD
- Zeta - rear wheel drive car
- Y - sports cars RWD
- GMT - trucks RWD
