General Motors introduced the mid-size

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GM2900 platform in 1988 with the introductions of the

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A and the

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Mk.3 for the 1989 model year. The platform was intended to replace both division's J-cars, the

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C and the

Mk.2, although the platform eventually branched out to Holden, Chevrolet's Latin American branch, and even

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and Saturn. The GM2900 platform was replaced by the Epsilon platform in 2003, although Saab continued to use the lengthened GM2902 platform for its 9-5 model until 2010, when it was switched to the Epsilon 2 platform. The tooling for the first generation Saab 9-5 was sold to

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and with help from Saab engineers they will develop new models for production under the

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brand.

Models

* 1993–1996

Chevrolet Vectra Vectra may refer to the following: * Opel Vectra car (Chevrolet Vectra, Holden Vectra, Vauxhall Vectra) *Opel Vectra GTS V8 DTM car *HP Vectra computer series by Hewlett-Packard *Vectra AI, a private company specializing in artificial intelligence * ...

A * 1997–2005

B * 1990–1997

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* 1996–2002

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* 1990–1997

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* 1988–1995

A * 1995–2002

B * 1994–1998 Saab NG900 * 1998–2002

Saab 9-3 The Saab 9-3 (pronounced ''nine-three'') is a compact executive car initially developed and manufactured by the Swedish automaker Saab. The first generation 9-3 (1998-2003) is based on the GM2900 platform, changing to the GM Epsilon platfor ...

* 1997–2009

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* 2000–2005

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* 1990–1997

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* 1988–1995

Mk.3 * 1995–2002

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* 2012-2016

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References

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