GM (General Motors) does not build many cars like the GM U platform: a 3-door minivan / 4-door minivan / 4-door Crossover SUV, built from 1990 to 2000 when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard.
How it came about
The U-platform (or U-body) is a front wheel drive minivan and crossover SUV platform from General Motors produced since 1990. North American sales ended in 2009, but Chinese production continues. The minivans were divided into three generations, 1990–1996, 1997–2005 and 2005-current.
The U-body was also used for General Motors' first generation crossovers from 2001-2005. Keeping with its EPA designation as a light truck, the fifth character in the VIN for a U-body is "U", instead of the fourth, as is standard for cars. Confusingly, GM also used the "U-body" (or "U-car") designation in the mid 1970s for its mid-sized European models - principally the Opel Ascona and Vauxhall Cavalier.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 3-door minivan / 4-door minivan / 4-door Crossover SUV. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in GM (General Motors)'s history is not in doubt: the GM Lambda platform (North America and Middle East) followed it; it was built at Tarrytown, New York. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Ford Explorer, the Renault Clio, the Honda NSX. Its GM (General Motors) stablemates include the 1955 Chevrolet and the 1957 Chevrolet.