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The first V-Bodies were rear wheel drive cars and have been ever since. The fourth character in the Vehicle Identification Number for a V-body car is "V".
Many vehicles used this platform including the following nameplates:
The North American front wheel driveFront wheel drive is the most common form of engine/ transmission layout used in modern automobiles, where the engine drives the front wheels. Rear wheel drive was the traditional standard while four wheel drive is also sometimes used. The history of fron V-Body was used by a pair of halo cars. It was a downsized version of the E-bodyThe General Motors E platform (commonly called E-Body was a front wheel drive personal luxury car automobile platform produced from 1979 through 2002. It was essentially identical to Cadillac's K platform, but that was dedicated to sedans, while all E-bod used in the Buick RivieraThe Buick Riviera was an automobile produced by Buick in the United States between the 1963 and 1999 model years. A full-size coupe or personal luxury car, the early models of the Riviera in particular have been highly praised by automotive journalists an and Cadillac EldoradoThe Eldorado name was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2003. The name refers to a legendary city of gold and was reputedly suggested by a secretary at Cadillac's home office, who considered it the only name rich enough for such an opulent model.. Both were personal luxury carIn the United States, a personal luxury car was a car classification, a specific automobile market segment. The originator of the classification is generally considered to be the 1958 four-seat Ford Thunderbird, which had no close competitor. With the sals and were sold in limited numbers.
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