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(詳細はautomobile platform designation used for the 1971–1980 model year rear wheel drive line of subcompact cars. The fourth character in the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for an H-body car is "H".〔Vega Shop Manual-Chevrolet Motor Division〕 H-bodies were available as two-door Notchback, Hatchback, Wagon, and Sedan delivery body-styles, and have 4, 6, and 8-cylinder GM engines, solid rear axle, and unibody construction. The platform was introduced with the 1971 Chevrolet Vega. The Pontiac Astre, Chevrolet Monza, Buick Skyhawk, and Oldsmobile Starfire were introduced for the 1975 model year, while the Pontiac Sunbird was introduced a year later as a 1976 model. The Vega engine is a 140 CID aluminum-block L4. A 1972 GM prototype had an ''all-aluminum'' 302 small-block V8,〔Hot Rod magazine-July 1972〕 but this was not approved. Chevrolet hand-built 5000 122 CID L4 Cosworth Twin-Cam engines for the 1975 Cosworth Twin-Cam Vega.〔Chevrolet Cosworth Vega press release-March 1975〕 Only 3508 1975-76 cars were built. The remaining engines were scrapped. The GM-rotary (GMRCA) Wankel engine was destined for the 1975 Monza 2+2 but the engine was canceled. The Vega and the Astre were discontinued at the end of the 1977 model year, but the Monza, Sunbird, Skyhawk, and Starfire continued through 1980. The GM J platform replaced the GM H platform in 1981. The H platform designation was later used for the unrelated front-wheel drive GM full-size cars in the 1980s. ==See also== *Chevrolet Vega *Chevrolet Cosworth Vega *Pontiac Astre *Chevrolet Monza *Pontiac Sunbird *Buick Skyhawk *Oldsmobile Starfire 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GM H platform (1971)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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