The GM C Platform was a

rear wheel drive Rear-wheel drive (RWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the rear wheels only. Until the late 20th century, rear-wheel drive was the most common configuration for cars. Most rear-whee ...

(RWD) automobile chassis used by

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for its full-sized cars from 1925 through 1984. From at least 1941, when the B-body followed suit in adopting the C-body's pioneering lower and wider bodystyle, abandoning

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s, it may be viewed as a larger and more upscale brother to the GM B platform. It was also related to the limousine D platform. With the introduction of a severely downsized

front-wheel drive Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of internal combustion engine, engine and transmission (mechanics), transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the front wheels only. Most modern front-wheel-drive vehicles feature ...

new

GM C platform The C platform, or C-body, name has been used twice by General Motors for its full-size car platform. * 1925–1984 GM C platform (RWD) * 1985–1996 GM C platform (FWD) GM C platform, also known as the C-Body, was a front wheel drive (FWD) ...

in 1985, it was redesignated as GM's D platform and continued in production for a number of

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models through 1996. Among the earlier models the C-body was used for were the Pontiac Series 24/29 Torpedo,

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, the

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and 1958 Limited, the LaSalle Series 52, and all mid-level Cadillacs starting with the Cadillac Series 355. Generally the C-Body was for the top-of-the-line models of multiple General Motors divisions including the

and

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, and the base model for multiple Cadillacs, including the Series 6200 Calais, the Series 6300 de Ville, the Series 6400 Eldorado, the Series 6000 Fleetwood Sixty Special and the Fleetwood Brougham.

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List of GM VIN codes
{{General Motors platforms C (RWD)