92GSCoupe Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 o.k. so does the w body term include models before 1997 or is that the true starting year? Quote
Jonpro03 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 1988 is the first year for the W-body. Started with the 1988 Grand Prix, Cutlass and Regal I think... Quote
AL Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 1997 started the second generation wbodies and 2004 started the 3rd... In 1995, they had the 1.5 gen Monte Carlo and Lumina Quote
urbex Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 It was designed in the early 80's under Roger Smith Quote
dodgethis Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 It was designed in the early 80's under Roger Smith ..........yea Mr. Rogers.......Wont you be my Neighbor? Quote
Breakdown Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 o.k. so does the w body term include models before 1997 or is that the true starting year? Short answer 1988. Long answer 1982. Just go to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM10 I love their plans of making 750,000 W-bodies per year at three plants each producing a quarter-million of these cars. Quote
RobertISaar Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 I love their plans of making 750,000 W-bodies per year at three plants each producing a quarter-million of these cars. depending on the year, those goals were met, at least the 1Ws did at Oshawa. Quote
urbex Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 ..........yea Mr. Rogers.......Wont you be my Neighbor? Yeah...the man who destroyed Flint... Quote
Breakdown Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 depending on the year, those goals were met, at least the 1Ws did at Oshawa. I don't think that they ever sold 750,000 W's in a year. I was talking to BGA on the phone and looked and there's some years that the Taurus alone > Lumina, Cutlass Supreme, Regal, Grand Prix together in sales. Quote
RobertISaar Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Lumina 1990 was over 330K 1991 was ~190K 1992 was ~220K 1993 was ~230K 1994 was ~85K http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Monte_Carlo#Fifth_generation when combined with the MC 1995 was ~365K 1996 was ~300K 1997 was ~300K 1998 was ~290K 1999 was ~210K i'd say GM did pretty well... at least with the Chevrolet Ws Quote
ScoobyDoo82 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 For those who didnt know, there were plans on producing a station wagon variant of each car... but with the sedans so far behind they shelved the idea. Call me crazy, but I would have liked to see what the Grand Prix station wagon would have looked like Quote
RobertISaar Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 it sounds as exciting as this looks. sincere apoligies to anyone if this was their photo. i even gave it the benefit of the doubt and made it a TWTE, gave it teh louvers and a spoiler, and even a half-assed version of the B4U kit. Billyvannuys 1 Quote
94 olds vert Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 Robert, I like your idea, but I think a TGP with a 50s Chevy Nomad twist would of been awesome. Spencer yours isn't half bad. Billyvannuys 1 Quote
RobertISaar Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 notice the two very different approaches here... i think it would have been a horrible idea and rendered my pic via mspaint. it looks like Spence copy/pasta'd the back half of a lumina APV onto the GP and it looks somewhat believable. IMO: GM didn't do it for at least one very good reason: A-body wagons. Quote
tornado_735 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 my crack at it... Damn Spence, that's not bad. Ugly as sin, but not bad. Billyvannuys 1 Quote
ScoobyDoo82 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 Thanks, I just used the c-pillar and windows from a Trans Sport and fit it to the GP Quote
92GSCoupe Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Posted April 6, 2011 Thanks for the info. I had thought that the "wbody" was short for the "wide track" models of the Grand Prix. I like the wagon idea. Just a little cut, weld, and grind. Quote
Mel87 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 As far as the Cutlass, mid way in 1988 was the first W Body, 1988 Had the Cutlass Supreme Classic. Still a G body but it was a FWD G Body, only made for about a half a year. There on was FWD W body. Quote
mra32 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 As far as the Cutlass, mid way in 1988 was the first W Body, 1988 Had the Cutlass Supreme Classic. Still a G body but it was a FWD G Body, only made for about a half a year. There on was FWD W body. I'm pretty sure the 1988 cutlass supreme classic was not FWD. Quote
tornado_735 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 I'm pretty sure the 1988 cutlass supreme classic was not FWD. You are correct. Quote
Mel87 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 I'm pretty sure the 1988 cutlass supreme classic was not FWD. Yes your right sorry haha I knew that some point in 1988 there were FWD G Body.. I thought it was the Classic Quote
mra32 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 The only FWD G-Body I am aware of is a seperate platform from the RWD G-bodies and came out in the mid 90's. It was for large FWD cars like the Aurora. Quote
Mel87 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 Really? I could have sworn I was at a car show and saw a 1988 Cutlass Supreme with FWD:shrug: Maybe it was a conversion or I was dreaming haha Quote
RobertISaar Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 yeah..... they were made, but they were W's, not G's. a 1988 cutlass supreme classic is RWD and a G a 1988 cutlass supreme is FWD and a W Quote
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