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.
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The platform was superseded by GM Delta platform and preceded by the GM T platform (RWD).
List of vehicles Australia Holden Astra TR Holden Astra TS Holden Astra AH HSV VXR Turbo AH Holden Zafira Canada Asüna GT hatchback Asüna SE sedan Passport Optima Saturn Astra Germany Opel Kadett D Opel Kadett E Opel Astra F Opel Astra G Opel Astra H Opel Zafira A Opel Zafira B Indonesia Opel Kadett D Opel Optima F Japan Subaru Traviq (rebadged Opel Zafira) A Latin America Chevrolet Zafira A Chevrolet Zafira B (Chile & Mexico) Chevrolet Astra F Chevrolet Astra G Chevrolet Astra H (Chile & Mexico) Chevrolet Vectra/Vectra GT H (Brazil & Argentina) Chevrolet Kadett/Ipanema Russia Chevrolet Viva South Africa Opel Kadett F Opel Monza (Not to be confused with the German Opel Monza) South Korea Daewoo Cielo Daewoo LeMans Daewoo Nexia Daewoo Racer Daewoo Lanos Thailand Opel Astra F Chevrolet Zafira A United Kingdom Vauxhall Astra Mk1, Mk2, Mk3, Mk4, and Mk5 Vauxhall Belmont Vauxhall Zafira Mk1 Vauxhall Zafira Mk2 United States Pontiac LeMans (also sold in New Zealand) Saturn Astra Uzbekistan UzDaewoo Nexia Ukraine ZAZ Lanos ZAZ Sens
See also List of General Motors platforms General Motors T platform
References
External links This list mentions GM2700 as the Astra/Zafira platform This list refers to Astras as the GM2700 and GM3000