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Dec 22, 2022 · The ’57 and ’58 Buicks, which shared Cadillac’s big C-bodies, did not go with the X-Frame, keeping an X-strengthened ladder frame. The result was…a high rear floor, right up to the bottom of the cushion.
- Paul Niedermeyer
General Motors has used the X-platform or X-body designation for two different automobile platforms. All X-bodies were compact car models. 1962–1979 General Motors X platform (RWD)
Mar 23, 2024 · A V6 BIG 76 LeSabre is probably the least seen V6 Buick, the V6 was a treat though for the X-body Skylark and the A-body Century, plus it became the exclusive engine for the H-Special Skyhawk too.
In 1985, the last year of production, the X-body Skylark was available only as a four-door sedan in Custom or Limited trim, as the two-door coupe was replaced by Buick's new Somerset Regal coupe, built on GM's new N-body platform, shared with Pontiac's revived Grand Am and the new Oldsmobile Calais. For 1985 the grille was again redesigned, as ...
Feb 24, 2017 · In 1962, GM introduced another platform for compact cars, the X body. The the Chevy II used the X body early on. Similarly to what happened with the A and B bodies, GM had duplicate platforms with the X and Y bodies. The X body would continue as GM’s main compact platform until 1979.
Ultimately, the X-bodies — which included the 1980–1985 Chevrolet Citation, 1980–1984 Oldsmobile Omega, 1980–1984 Pontiac Phoenix and 1980–1985 Buick Skylark — became synonymous with their design defects, and GM's mishandled response.
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May 21, 2019 · Pressure was intense to get the X-cars—which would be given to the Chevrolet (Citation), Oldsmobile (Omega), Buick (Skylark), and Pontiac (Phoenix) divisions—into showrooms as quickly as...
