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The General Motors E platform or E-Body was the automobile platform
Automobile platform

An 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 for a number of personal luxury car
Personal luxury car

A personal luxury car is a marketing term used to describe highly styled, luxury vehicle intended for the comfort and satisfaction of its owner/driver, sacrificing passenger space, cargo capacity, and other practical concerns for the sake of style....
s produced from 1963 to 2002. Notibly, early E-bodies were produced in both front wheel drive and rear wheel drive configurations, and were the first front wheel drive automobiles produced in the United States since 1937.

E-Bodies were re-engineered to a smaller size in 1979. The 1986 redesign was closely related to the GM K platform (FWD)
GM K platform (FWD)

The General Motors Corporation K platform is an automobile platform designation used for front wheel drive Cadillac models beginning in 1986....
, and made the cars smaller yet again.






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The General Motors E platform or E-Body was the automobile platform
Automobile platform

An 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 for a number of personal luxury car
Personal luxury car

A personal luxury car is a marketing term used to describe highly styled, luxury vehicle intended for the comfort and satisfaction of its owner/driver, sacrificing passenger space, cargo capacity, and other practical concerns for the sake of style....
s produced from 1963 to 2002. Notibly, early E-bodies were produced in both front wheel drive and rear wheel drive configurations, and were the first front wheel drive automobiles produced in the United States since 1937.

E-Bodies were re-engineered to a smaller size in 1979. The 1986 redesign was closely related to the GM K platform (FWD)
GM K platform (FWD)

The General Motors Corporation K platform is an automobile platform designation used for front wheel drive Cadillac models beginning in 1986....
, and made the cars smaller yet again. The 1986–1993 E-bodies were produced at GM's high-tech Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly
Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly

Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly is a General Motors Corporation automobile factory straddling the border between Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. It is located about three miles from corporate headquarters and has been used for production of Buick, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac products....
 plant. GM used the E-body designation until the Cadillac Eldorado
Cadillac Eldorado

The Eldorado model was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2002. The Cadillac Eldorado was the longest running American personal luxury car as it was the only one sold after the 1998 model year....
 ceased production in 2002.

This body shell designation was used for the following vehicles:

  • 1967–2002 Cadillac Eldorado
    Cadillac Eldorado

    The Eldorado model was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2002. The Cadillac Eldorado was the longest running American personal luxury car as it was the only one sold after the 1998 model year....
     (all FWD
    FF layout

    In automotive design, a FF, or Front-engine design, Front-wheel drive layout places both the Internal combustion engine and driven wheels at the front of the vehicle....
    )
  • 1966–1992 Oldsmobile Toronado
    Oldsmobile Toronado

    The Toronado was a two-door coupe produced by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992.The name "Toronado" has no meaning, and was originally invented for a 1963 Chevrolet show car....
     (all FWD
    FF layout

    In automotive design, a FF, or Front-engine design, Front-wheel drive layout places both the Internal combustion engine and driven wheels at the front of the vehicle....
    )
  • 1963-1976, 1979–1993 Buick Riviera
    Buick Riviera

    The Buick Riviera is an automobile produced by Buick in the United States from the 1963 to 1999 model years, with 1,127,261 produced.A full-size coup? or personal luxury car, the early models of the Riviera in particular have been highly praised by automotive journalists and writers....
     (1963-1976 RWD) (1979-1993 FWD
    FF layout

    In automotive design, a FF, or Front-engine design, Front-wheel drive layout places both the Internal combustion engine and driven wheels at the front of the vehicle....
    ).