as per the Catera, you are right. the GTO is just a rebadged Catera.
hmmm... i always thought it was FWD. i guess it just went up a slight notch
on my scale of importance.
Cadillac CTS- http://www.cheersandgears.com/platforms/sigma.htm
GM's RWD/AWD Sigma Architecture is the platform that started it all.
Cadillac was down in sales and a fix was needed for the brand. GM failed to
lure buyers away from the lower side of the luxury car market with their
Catera so they headed back to the drawing board.
An all new platform was designed for GM NA (and eventually the world). This
platform is Sigma. Built at GM's Lansing Craft Center, Sigma also powers the
Cadillac SRX and GM's new STS.
Gabriel A. Couriel
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of Chad Evans
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:41 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: new LX car released... prayers answered!
want to bet ? got that directly from a guy who use to work for GM!
>From: "Gabriel A. Couriel" <gcouriel@bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: RE: DML: new LX car released... prayers answered!
>Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:44:54 -0400
>
>
>no, i think the CTS (Catera was FWD, based on the Pontiac Grand Prix
>chassis) is the first vehicle on the Sigma platform. the Holden Monaro
>platform has never been available in the US until it was rebadged as the
>GTO.
>
>Gabriel A. Couriel
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of Chad Evans
>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:51 AM
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: Re: DML: new LX car released... prayers answered!
>
>
>
>
> >>I'll give you the Charger, T-bird and GTO (a rebadged Holden just
> >>reminds us of the crappy GM cars we get north of the Equator), but
>
>if you do a little more digging the GTO is based of the Opel Omega car.
>thats where holden got a hold of the platform for their cars. Plus the
>cadillac catera has the same chassis as the gto as well
>
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