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The
D platform, or
D-body was
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's full-size rear wheel drive
automobile platformAn automobile platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of automobiles, often from different, but related marques...
designation, used until 1996. It was closely related to the
GM B platformThe B platform, or B-body, was General Motors' full-size rear-wheel drive automobile platform. It was closely related to the C-body and D-body and was used for coupés, sedans, and station wagons....
and
C platformThe General Motors C platform was an automobile platform designation used for full sized luxury cars until 2005.-Rear wheel drive:...
.
All D-bodies were built in
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from 1988-1996 model years. Earlier D-Bodies were produced at
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in addition to Arlington for the 1977-1987 model years.
Originally, the D designation was exclusive to the
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75 series 9-passenger sedan and limousine with a 144.5" wheelbase. However when most GM full-size luxury cars moved to the front wheel drive
GM C platformThe General Motors C platform was an automobile platform designation used for full sized luxury cars until 2005.-Rear wheel drive:...
in 1985, the rear wheel drive
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continued in production designated as a D-body using a 121.5 in wheelbase.
Production ended in 1996, leaving GM without a rear wheel drive luxury sedan. Later Cadillac introduced smaller cars on the
Sigma platformSigma is General Motors' mid-size rear-wheel drive automobile platform. The architecture debuted in 2002 with the 2003 Cadillac CTS and is adaptable for all-wheel drive and extended wheelbase versions...
.
Applications:
- 1977–1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine
Lawrence P. Fisher was the Fisher brother most closely involved with Cadillac in its early years. In 1916 he joined the Fisher Body Company which had been formed by two of his brothers in 1908. Larry was one of four of the seven Fisher brothers who brought Fisher Body Corporation under the General...
- 1985–1986 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
Lawrence P. Fisher was the Fisher brother most closely involved with Cadillac in its early years. In 1916 he joined the Fisher Body Company which had been formed by two of his brothers in 1908. Larry was one of four of the seven Fisher brothers who brought Fisher Body Corporation under the General...
- 1987–1992 Cadillac Brougham
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- 1993–1996 Cadillac Fleetwood
Lawrence P. Fisher was the Fisher brother most closely involved with Cadillac in its early years. In 1916 he joined the Fisher Body Company which had been formed by two of his brothers in 1908. Larry was one of four of the seven Fisher brothers who brought Fisher Body Corporation under the General...