GM U platform
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The U platform is a generic name for General Motors' minivan platform.
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[edit] 1997
The first U-body (platform) minivans arrived, also known as the GMT200, arrived in 1997. Cars that use this platform are the Chevrolet Venture, the Oldsmobile Silhouette, and the Pontiac Trans Sport and Pontiac Montana (which permanently dropped the Trans Sport name in 1999 and replaced it with Montana), as well as Opel/Vauxhall Sintra. The main target with their LAJ 3.4 liter V6 engine as the only engine available was a Chrysler minivan equipped with the 3.3 liter V6.
[edit] 2000
The platform now imported to China for manufacture as the Buick GL8 exclusively for Asian consumption.
[edit] 2005
The U-body was updated once again - GM refers to this generation of minivans as "Crossover Sport Vans" (CSV). The CSVs are: Buick Terraza, Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, and the Saturn Relay. All 4 minivans are built at GM's plant in Doraville, Georgia.
[edit] 2007
The USPS has placed an order for 10,000 vans to be built at the Doraville plant. The vans are scheduled to be delivered by September 1st of 2007.
[edit] Future
Canada & Mexico will be the only countries that will still produce the Flagship Pontiac Montana SV6 and Chevrolet Uplander. Although THE US dealerships ons sell Uplanders for 2009
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[edit] External links
[1] Frontal Offset of the '97 minivans.
