The Y platform, or Y body, designation has been used twice by the General Motors Corporation, the first was for a group of entry-level compacts including the conventional front-engine compacts built by GM divisions Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac from 1961 to which year?
GM Y platform The Y platform, or Y body, designation has been used twice by the General Motors Corporation to describe a series of vehicles all built on the same basic body and sharing many parts and characteristics. The first was for a group of entry-level compacts including the conventional front-engine compacts built by GM divisions Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac from 1961 to 1963. The second, and current, incarnation is used for a high-end rear-wheel drive automobile platform from the 1980s through the 2000s.
GM/Fiat Premium platform The Premium platform is General Motors's and Fiat Group's high-end automobile platform, meant for front wheel drive and four wheel drive automobiles.