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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow
hmmm... so going off this, a 'platform' is basically a standard group of equipment that a vehicle can be built upon? for example: same breaks, suspension, power train, frame material etc.
-edit- ah, fenwick posted RIGHT before me heheh
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Basically. Take the GMT-900 platform. GM builds the GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Yukon/Yukon XL, Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban, Chevrolet Avalanche, Cadillac Escalade/Escalade EXT/Escalade ESV all off one platform.
Platforms make it easier to engineer cars across a wide range of brands or even within a brand itself. For example, GM's next-generation Two-Mode Hybrid system is finally going into RWD cars. As such, the Cadillac ATS and CTS will most likely have hybrid models available as both will be built off the same platform.