General Motors/Fiat Premium platform

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{{Infobox automobile platform

|name = GM/Fiat Premium platform

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|successor = FCA Giorgio Platform

|class = Compact executive car (D)
Convertible
Coupe

|layout = Front engine, Front-wheel drive / Four-wheel drive

|body_style = Sedan
Coupe
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Station wagon

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|wheelbase = {{Convert|2525|-|2700|mm|abbr=on}}

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|vehicles = Alfa Romeo Brera
Alfa Romeo Spider
Alfa Romeo 159
Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon
Alfa Romeo Visconti (concept car){{Cite web|url=http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-2004-Alfa-Romeo-Visconti-Concept-Italdesign.htm|title=2004 Alfa Romeo Visconti Concept by Italdesign|access-date=2012-01-02|work=seriouswheels.com}}

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The Premium platform was General Motors's and Fiat Group's high-end automobile platform for front wheel drive and four wheel drive automobiles developed in early 2000s mainly in Sweden by Saab engineers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.caranddriver.com/news/alfa-poised-for-us-return-car-news|title=Alfa Poised for U.S. Return|access-date=2012-01-02|work=caranddriver.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://wardsautoworld.com/ar/auto_gms_allnew_platform/|title=GM's All-New Platform|access-date=2012-01-02|year=2003|work=wardsautoworld.com}}

The architecture debuted in production form with the Alfa Romeo 159 in 2004, although it was used for the Alfa Romeo Visconti concept car. After the dissolution of the GM/Fiat partnership, both companies retained the rights to continue developing Premium-derived models, though no GM versions were produced as the platform was considered too expensive for Opel cars and a great cost for a small premium manufacturer as Saab.

Saab stopped the development of the platform and therefore of its Premium automobile in late 2002; the Saab models (the 9X sports car and the replacement for the 9-5 sedan) would have used an entirely different suspension{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} than the Alfa Romeo vehicles, which would have proved too expensive. A planned Buick model was also dropped.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} In the end, only the Alfa Romeo models moved forward to production and Saab's development and introduction of new 9-5 was seriously delayed. Some of the GM models originally set to use the Premium platform eventually were produced using the GM Epsilon II platform.