Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Thank you Melissa.
F is just a randon designation for the chassis that the Camaro and Firebird were built on. If you know GM history, chassis had letter designations, and that went on till about 2004 when we first saw Sigma and Epsilon. Sigma is under the CTS, STS and SRX while Epsilon is part of the new Greek naming system. Epsilon platform underpins the Chevy Malibu, Pontiac G6, Saturn Aura, and a special Euro version is built fo rthe 9-3 and another version sits under the now dead Opel/Vauxhaul Vectra.
The old letter system was just a matter putting letters next to chassis.
A body - Chevelle, El Camino, Lemans/GTO, Cutlass/442, Skylark/GS
B body - Full size chassis, Caprice, Impala, Bonni, other large sedans
F body - Camaro and Firebird
X body - Nova and other "compacts"
G body was a RWD platform for the 80s then turned into a FWD full size sedan platform in the 90's to present (Caddy DTS and Buick Lucerne)
W body - Chevy Impala, Monte Carlo, LaCrosse, and former Grand Prix
Y Body - Corvette/Z06/ZR1 and XLR/XLR-V
Since im on a roll and i dont want to deal with teh 400 customers in front of me, Ill keep going.
Modern platforms are now in there second generation.
Gamma- upcoming Aveo and new Saturn Corsa
Delta- Cobalt, HHR and G5
Delta 2- new Chevy Cruze and Volt, Saturn Astra, Saab 9-3, G5 replacement, 7 seater HHR replacement.
Epsilon - listed above
Epsilon 2- Next gen Malibu, new Buick LaX, G6 replacement, next gen Saab 9-5.
Zeta/VE- Camaro, G8 V6/GT/ST/GXP
Then you have the number platforms for trucks, usually start with GMT. GMT900 is the new designation for the new trucks and suv's.
But there are also some Greek chassis for crossovers and compact SUV's.
Theta is the platform for the current Equinox, old Vue, and Pontiac Torrent
New Vue is an updated European model
Theta has jumped into 3 versions
Theta Epsilon - Vue
Theta 2 - upcoming Equinox and GMC Terrain
Theta Lux- upcoming Caddy SRX and Saab 9-4x.
Then there are the Lambda crossover vans, Traverse, Acadia, Outlook and Enclave.
Thaaat should cover it.
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