Talk:GM Gamma platform

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[edit] GM DAT or Opel/Fiat?

Since 2000, there were various statements made by FIAT and General Motors about their cooperation in building new "small car" platform, where the main responsibility of GM would be overall chassis and suspension design, while Fiat will use their own engines and implement somewhat different styling (see the Fiat Punto article). The work on GM part was supposed to be done by Opel engineers located in Germany, and Fiat will use the platform for its 2005 Punto; it will also be the foundation for the new 2006 Corsa.

Now I see statements all over Opel Corsa, GM Daewoo Motors and this GM Gamma platform articles that it's now Daewoo responsibility to develop a new version of Gamma platform. I can't find any references. Can anyone confirm the sources of this information? Maybe GM DAT is developing "next-next" version of the platform, that is the one that should be employed by 2010 when 2006 Corsa is to be replaced? --DmitryKo 22:44, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Here's AutoWeek's reference. Not solid. But the relationship between FIAT and GM is really weak now - I'd bet against a FIAT Gamma! --SFoskett 04:13, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)

This is somewhat recent news, and the wording is "considering" and "versions of Gamma platform", which doesn't necessarily mean "is developing" and "the Gamma platform"! The development of the newer Gamma must have already been going long before this statement was made last Fall, because new Fiat Punto is due Autumn 2005 and new Opel Corsa due 2006, and the earliest links I've found by searching Google for "Fiat GM Opel Corsa Punto small car" date back to 2000. Here's some of them:

http://waw.wardsauto.com/ar/auto_gmfiat_exchange_diesel/

http://www.channel4.com/4car/gallery/spy-shots-2004/F/fiat-punto-070404/punto.html

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050131/323/fbfbg.html

http://www.autotechdaily.com/pdfs/T02-14-02.pdf

http://www.just-auto.com/store/samples/gmeur_sample.pdf

http://imvp.mit.edu/papers/02/camuffo_volpato.pdf

http://www.autonews.com/images/random/110104/files/04profiles.pdf

Over that, I'm not an Autonews subscriber and I can't read articels and news, but if you search up the same words in their archives, there are lot of articles on the subject, dating back to 2000.

I think it's safe to say that new Gamma platfrorm is being codeveloped by Fiat/Opel team since 2002, exact responsibilities to be investigated, while GM DAT is considered to make variants out of it and hopes to be involved in its future development. --DmitryKo 09:30, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)