The GM2900 platform is one of the GM (General Motors) entries the open record knows by name and by date — in 1988, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable.
The background
General Motors introduced the mid-size transverse engine front-wheel drive GM2900 platform in 1988 with the introductions of the Opel Vectra A and the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk.3 for the 1989 model year. The platform was intended to replace both division's J-cars, the Opel Ascona C and the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk.2, although the platform eventually branched out to Holden, Chevrolet's Latin American branch, and even Saab and Saturn.
The GM2900 platform was replaced by the Epsilon platform in 2003, although Saab continued to use the lengthened GM2902 platform for its 9-5 model until 2010, when it was switched to the Epsilon 2 platform. The tooling for the first generation Saab 9-5 was sold to BAIC and with help from Saab engineers they will develop new models for production under the Senova brand.
Where it sits
Where it sits in GM (General Motors)'s history is not in doubt: the GM J platform (Europe) came before it; the GM Epsilon platform followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Subaru Legacy, the Ferrari F40, the Mazda MX-5. Its GM (General Motors) stablemates include the 1955 Chevrolet and the 1957 Chevrolet.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the GM2900 platform — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.