Editing General Motors E platform

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[[Image:66Toronado.jpg|right|thumb|250px|1966 Oldsmobile Toronado]]
[[Image:Trofeo-fe6.JPG|right|thumb|250px|1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo]]
The [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] '''E platform''' or '''E-body''' was the [[automobile platform]] designation used for a number of [[personal luxury car]]s produced from 1963 to 2002. Notably, 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. The initial front-wheel drive E-platform power plant was referred to as the Unitized Power Package (UPP).

E-bodies were re-engineered to a smaller size in 1979, gaining a relationship to the [[GM K platform (FWD)|FWD K-platform]] used in the [[Cadillac Seville]]. Later, the cars were made smaller still with the 1986 redesign, along with the K-body.  Most 1986–1993 E-bodies were produced at GM's high-tech [[Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly]] plant, with the [[Buick Reatta]] being built at the [[Lansing Craft Centre]]—then known as the Reatta Craft Centre. GM used the E-body designation until the [[Cadillac Eldorado]] ceased production in 2002.

The E-body was used as the basis for the V-body [[Cadillac Allanté]] luxury coupes. It also provided the front end of the [[GMC Motorhome]] and the [[Jetway 707]] limousine.

This body shell designation was used for the following vehicles:

* 1963–1976 [[Buick_Riviera#First_generation_.281963.E2.80.931965.29|Buick Riviera]] ([[FR layout|RWD]])
* 1979–1985 [[Buick_Riviera#Sixth_generation_.281979.E2.80.931985.29|Buick Riviera]] ([[FF layout|FWD]], [[longitudinal engine]])
* 1986–1993 [[Buick_Riviera#Seventh_generation_.281986.E2.80.931993.29|Buick Riviera]] ([[FF layout|FWD]], [[transverse engine]])
* 1988–1991 [[Buick Reatta]] ([[FF layout|FWD]], [[transverse engine]], shortened chassis)
* 1967–1985 [[Cadillac_Eldorado#Eighth generation (1967–1970)|Cadillac Eldorado]] ([[FF layout|FWD]], [[longitudinal engine]])
* 1986–2002 [[Cadillac_Eldorado#Eleventh generation (1986–1991)|Cadillac Eldorado]] ([[FF layout|FWD]], [[transverse engine]])
* 1966–1985 [[Oldsmobile_Toronado#First_generation_.281966.E2.80.931970.29|Oldsmobile Toronado]] ([[FF layout|FWD]], [[longitudinal engine]])
* 1986–1992 [[Oldsmobile_Toronado#Fourth_generation_.281986.E2.80.931992.29|Oldsmobile Toronado]] ([[FF layout|FWD]], [[transverse engine]])
==References==
*[http://pp.kpnet.fi/haydee/GM_VIN_codes.htm List of GM VIN codes]
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