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subcompact Subcompact car is a North American classification for cars smaller than a compact car. It is broadly equivalent to the B-segment (Europe), supermini (Great Britain) or A0-class (China) classifications. According to the U.S. Environmental Pr ...

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automobile platform A car 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 cars, often from different, but somewhat related, marques. It is prac ...

, first used in the 2000 Opel Corsa C.

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The first version of the platform was issued in autumn 2000 with the introduction of

Opel Corsa The Opel Corsa is a supermini car manufactured and marketed by Opel since 1982 — as well as other brands, namely Vauxhall Motors, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, and Holden. At its height of popularity, the Corsa became the best-selling car in the ...

C and was a development of the earlier GM4200 platform used in previous Corsa models, developed by

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in Germany. The wheelbase was enlarged to from on the GM4200. Vehicles based on this platform: * 2000–2006

Opel Corsa C The Opel Corsa is a supermini car manufactured and marketed by Opel since 1982 — as well as other brands, namely Vauxhall, Chevrolet, and Holden. At its height of popularity, the Corsa became the best-selling car in the world in 1998, re ...

* 2001–2010 Opel Combo C * 2002–2010

Opel Meriva The Opel Meriva is a car manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Opel on its Corsa platform, from May 2003 until June 2017 across two generations. Described as a mini MPV, it was marketed as the Vauxhall Meriva in the United Kingdom, ...

A * 2003–2011

Chevrolet Montana The Chevrolet Montana is a front-wheel drive coupé utility (first two generations)/ crossover pickup (third generation) manufactured by General Motors under the Chevrolet brand since 2003. Mainly produced in Brazil and marketed throughout Latin ...

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Gamma II

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has taken responsibility for future development of GM's GSV (Global Small Vehicle) architecture. This architecture will eventually be used for all small vehicles from GM, as a true global small car platform. While the original Gamma was developed by Opel, the Gamma II platform is under the leadership of GM Korea (formerly GM Daewoo). The vehicles will be assembled at factories in the

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. Current and announced vehicles based on Gamma II (GSV) platform: * 2010–2024

Chevrolet Spark The Chevrolet Spark () is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was developed by Daewoo and introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz (). In 2002, General Motors purchased Daewoo Motors, which ...

, Holden Barina Spark * 2010–2014

Chevrolet Sail The Chevrolet Sail () is a subcompact car produced by SAIC-GM, a joint venture of General Motors in China. Launched in 2001, it was sold as the Buick Sail in China, both in sedan and wagon form based on Opel Corsa B. Following the reintroducti ...

* 2011–2020 Chevrolet Aveo/Sonic,

Holden Barina The Holden Barina is a subcompact automobile sold between 1985 and 2018 by Holden in Oceania. Each of the six generations have been badge-engineered versions of various General Motors vehicles, namely Suzuki Cultus, Opel Corsa, and Daewoo Kalos ...

* 2011–present

Chevrolet Cobalt The Chevrolet Cobalt is a compact car introduced by Chevrolet in 2004 for the 2005 model year. The Cobalt replaced both the Cavalier and the Toyota-based Geo/Chevrolet Prizm as Chevrolet's compact car. The Cobalt was available as both a coupe a ...

* 2012–present

Chevrolet Spin The Chevrolet Spin is a mini MPV produced by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque. Developed by General Motors do Brasil, GM do Brasil, the vehicle replaced the Chevrolet Meriva, Meriva and Chevrolet Zafira, Zafira in South America with an o ...

* 2013–2019 Opel/Vauxhall Mokka * 2013–2022

Buick Encore The Buick Encore is a subcompact crossover SUV built by General Motors from 2012 to 2022. It is subcompact crossover SUV marketed by Buick and its fourth SUV overall after the Rendezvous, Rainier, and Enclave. The "Encore" designation was p ...

* 2013–2024

Chevrolet Onix The Chevrolet Onix is a subcompact car launched by American automaker Chevrolet in Brazil at the 2012 São Paulo International Motor Show and the second generation in China at the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show. In Brazil, it was launched to repla ...

, Chevrolet Joy * 2013–2024 Chevrolet Prisma Mk II, Chevrolet Joy Plus * 2013–2022

Chevrolet Trax The Chevrolet Trax is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by General Motors and marketed under the Chevrolet brand since 2013, currently in its second generation. The first generation model was released globally in 2013 as the smallest, en ...

* 2014–2019 Opel Karl/Vauxhall Viva * 2015–2022

, Holden Spark * 2019–2022

VinFast Fadil The VinFast Fadil is an A-segment crossover hatchback produced by Vietnamese automaker VinFast between 2019 and 2022. The vehicle is a rebadged Vauxhall Viva Rocks. Safety The VinFast Fadil received a 4-star rating with an accumulated score of ...

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Gamma Gamma (; uppercase , lowercase ; ) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter normally repr ...