The General Motors K platform (commonly called the K-body) was an automobile platform designation used for front wheel drive Cadillac models beginning in 1980. It replaced the rear wheel drive K platform.
The K-body designation was used for sedans; similar coupé models used the nearly identical GM E platform. The GM G platform (FWD) was also based on the K. Beginning in 1986 K- and E-bodies were produced at GM's high-tech Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant. Unlike the E-body, the K designation has been exclusive to Cadillac.
The original FWD K-body Cadillac Seville was shared with the downsized E-body Cadillac Eldorado beginning in 1980. In 1986, the Seville was replaced with an even smaller front wheel drive model, also given the K designation. The Seville was lengthened in 1992, and the Deville was moved from the GM C platform to the K platform in 1994. The K platform was updated in 1997 with improved suspension geometry. The Seville was replaced with the rear-wheel drive Sigma-based Cadillac STS for 2005. The Deville's replacement, the DTS, continued on the K-body until mid-2011, when the last DTS rolled off the assembly line.
- 114.0 in wheelbase
- 1980–1985 Cadillac Seville
- 108.0 in wheelbase
- 1986–1991 Cadillac Seville
- 111.0 in wheelbase
- 1992–1997 Cadillac Seville
- 112.2 in wheelbase
- 1998–2004 Cadillac Seville
- 113.8 in wheelbase
- 1994–1999 Cadillac Sedan Deville
- 115.3 in wheelbase
- 2000–2005 Cadillac Deville
- 2006–2011 Cadillac DTS
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