General Motors T platform (FWD)

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{{Infobox automobile platform

| name = GM T platform

| image = Opel Kadett E Caravan.jpg

| caption = Opel Kadett E Caravan

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| parent_company = General Motors

| aka = {{unbulleted list | GM2700|GM3000|T-body}}

| production = 1979–2016

| assembly =

| class = Compact (C)

| layout = Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive

| body_style = {{unbulleted list | 2-door convertible|2-door coupé|3-door hatchback|3-door sedan delivery|4-door sedan|5-door hatchback|5-door MPV|5-door station wagon}}

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| predecessor = {{unbulleted list | GM T platform (1973)|GM M platform}}

| successor = GM Delta platform

}}

General Motors reused the T-body designation (sometimes referred to as the T80 platform to differentiate it from the previous T-body), beginning in 1979 with the front-wheel drive Opel Kadett D and the Vauxhall Astra Mk I. This was part of a global strategy by GM to introduce a new front-wheel drive architecture for its sub-compact models, and would be further developed into the J-body platform which would cover the compact (lower mid-size outside North America) size segment.

This version of the T-body also became widespread throughout the world, including South Africa, where the rear-wheel drive version was not originally available.{{Cite web |url=http://www.carmagblog.co.za/featured_posts/10-cars-that-should-have-been-introduced-to-south-africa/ |title=10 Cars That Should Have Been Introduced To South Africa |access-date=2013-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115214400/http://www.carmagblog.co.za/featured_posts/10-cars-that-should-have-been-introduced-to-south-africa/ |archive-date=2012-01-15 |url-status=dead }}

Other names for the FWD T platform are the GM2700 and the GM3000, applied to Opel Astra G and Zafira A and their rebadges.

The platform was superseded by GM Delta platform and preceded by the GM T platform (RWD).