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GM's Controversial '57-'70 X-Frame Cars Posted on December 9, 2022 by MCG Between 1957 and 1970, General Motors built millions of cars with an unusual X-frame chassis that remains controversial to this day.
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Welcome to the story of General Motors' X-body project, started in the late 1970s as a response to the onslaught of front-wheel-drive imports that were making inroads thanks to a combination of affordability, reliability, and high fuel economy.
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The X-family of cars made their debut in 1980 with a huge splash and a marketing push, and initially they were well-received. They offered roomy interiors with no interior driveshaft hump and "crisp, angular styling" that was immediately compared to European cars.
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This is the tale of the infamous second generation of GM's X Body platform.Introduced for the 1980 model year, the X Body nearly bankrupt GM due to major saf.
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GM's X-Cars: Anatomy of a Miserable Failure They were supposed to change the automotive landscape, and they did—just not how the General planned. View Gallery 40 Photos Related Video Click to.
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Published Jun 5, 2020. These X-body cars were actually so bad that they nearly managed to bankrupt General Motors. via Pinterest. Imagine holding the dubious record of helping to design and sell what may have been the most poorly performing and dangerous series of cars ever produced inside the United States.
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The General Motors front-wheel drive X platform was used for compact cars from the 1980 through 1985 model years, superseding the earlier, similarly designated, rear-drive platform.
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The General Motors compact cars of the 1980s, called X-cars, the Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix, Oldsmobile Omega and Buick Skylark, were the corporation's all-new front-wheel drive models launched in April, 1979 as 1980 models. They were the culmination of a trend that started with the 1966 front-wheel drive Oldsmobile Toronado.
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On March 30, 1983, General Motors announced a recall of 240,000 1980 X-cars due to rear brake lock-up, a problem that causes spin-outs in sudden stops or on wet roads. Intended to end a four-year controversy over the front-wheel-drive cars' brakes, the recall instead merely signaled the end of General Motors' X-car cover-up.
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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) 1980-1985 General Motors X platform (FWD) This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
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GM's X-Frame, upon which millions of GM full-size cars sat from the years 1957 through 1964 (Buick Riviera through 1970), has generated plenty of controversy, speculation, and accusations. Since there seems to be no complete survey of the X-Frame—at least any available on the web—let's lift off all those handsome and finned GM bodies by Fisher, and take a closer look at what's really.
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GN. Posted November 29, 2015 at 11:46 AM. I have the Consumer Guide Auto Test '80, where they tested a 1980 Phoenix 4-door hatchback with the Iron Duke and Automatic. Like all of their cars, I assume it was sourced from a dealer. 0-60 acceleration took 15.8 seconds on their test car, so noticeably slower.
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According to a GM press release at the time, "The Stiletto's aircraft-inspired fast back shape gives it a fast, directional look, accemtuated by the long hood flowing to a pointed nose." To further convey a jet influence, we only need to peer into the inside of the car to understand how much the aviation world influenced the Stiletto.