General Motors C platform (1985)

This article is about the front-wheel drive C platform. For the rear-wheel drive C platform, see GM C platform (RWD).

Main article: GM C platform

GM C platform (FWD)
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Overview
Manufacturer	General Motors
Also called	C-Body
Production	1985–1996
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size car
Vehicles	Buick Electra Buick Park Avenue Cadillac De Ville Cadillac Fleetwood Cadillac Series 75 Cadillac Sixty Special Oldsmobile 98
Related	GM G platform (FWD) GM H platform (FWD) GM K platform (FWD)
Chronology
Successor	GM G platform

Beginning in 1985, General Motors used the C platform or C-Body as the designation for its new front-wheel-drive full-sized automobile platform. The platform was similar to the H platform, with both sharing the same 110.8 in wheelbase. Most C-body vehicles were replaced with cars on the related G, H, and K platform designations.

The Cadillac Series 75 briefly made its return on this platform, stretched by 23.6" to a wheelbase of 134.4".

This platform was the basis for the following vehicles:

Years	Model	Next platform
1985–1987	Cadillac Series 75	-
1985–1992	Cadillac Fleetwood	GM D platform
1985–1993	Cadillac De Ville	GM K platform (FWD)
1987–1993	Cadillac Sixty Special	-
1985–1990	Buick Electra	-
1991–1996	Buick Park Avenue	GM G platform (FWD)
1985–1996	Oldsmobile 98	-

References

• List of GM VIN codes