Also if I were in charge at General Motors and held the appropriate position, I would resurrect the GM B-Platform. Production would continue where it left off at the Arlington, Texas assembly plant. The Willow Run, Michigan assembly plant would also be retooled to resume production of the GM B-Platform where it left off at this plant, too.

The reserected GM B-Platform would be a retro-themed vehicle, would obviously continue to be a frame on body design; and the body would fabricated out of aluminum using similar techniques as the new aluminum-bodied Ford F-150. The vehicles built on this platform would be available as either a traditional station wagon or a 5-door hatchback. Besides being a retro-themed vehicle, the Caprice being once again available with the 9C1 Police package and the Taxi package, and the Fleetwood 5-door hatchback being available with the Limousine, Hearse, and Flowercar provision packages. The 5-door hatchback models would feature the backlite with the bent sides as a homage to the 1977-1984 B-platform coupes, and the 5-door hatchback Caprice models would also feature the 3 rectangular taillights on the back end as homage to the 1977-1990 Caprice sedan. The new B-platform would be built solely with a plug-in system similar to the Volt where the ICE doesn’t actually power the car, but just acts as a generator to the electric motor and the batteries. The new B-platform would be styled after the 1977-1990 bodystyle of B-platform cars. The following engines that would be available would be a modified LT1 to run on gasoline and E85, DOHC, dual VVT, and cylinder deactivation, a modified LT4 to run on gasoline and E85, DOHC, dual VVT, and cylinder deactivation; and a modified LV3 V6 to run on gasoline and E85, DOHC, and dual VVT (Taxi cab only). More correctly, the Chevrolet and Buick traditional wagon and 5-door would be powered by the modified LT1 while the Cadillac would be solely available with the modified LT4 V8. Digital readout instrument cluster w/ HUD included (optional on the Chevrolet and Buick but standard on the Cadillac), rectangular, horizontal, 3D instrument cluster (standard), the car being available solely with the quintessential front bench seat; the design of the frame being intended for rigidity and durability in addition to new technology being applied to help contribute to aerodynamics and a lower center of gravity, the design of the suspension system being a front double wishbone design and the rear being a multi-link design, the design of the tailgate vacating into the roof once open and the electric motor on the traditional wagon being similar to the B and C platform wagons of the 1970’s, the design of the sunroof on the traditional wagon being a panoramic sunroof paying some homage to the Vista sunroofs of wagons of old not only being engineered to prevent leaks in addition to contributing to a lesser amount NVH when closed and ensuring NVH standards when closed, but also, for the glass to withstand the weight of any object(s) placed on the roof rack in addition to being able to withstand any rollover. The traditional wagons would also feature a power folding 3^rd row seat that folds down at the push of a button and vice versa at the push of a button. The wagons would also be designed to have a towing capacity of 7,000-8,000 lbs. The resurrected B-Platform would also be sold in Australia to replace the Commodore, Statesman, and the Australian Caprice, a coupe utility derivative would be developed on the new B-Platform for the Australian market; and the resurrected B-Platform would also be sold in China for executive transport purposes. Faurecia would be chosen to make the whole entire interior assembly-dashboard, seats, door panels, carpeting, and headliner because of their capability to design very unique interior components; would be able to build the interior with elements from the 1970’s, 1980’s, and the 1990’s with a few modern touches such as the lighted dashboard stitching to contribute to the ambient lighting, and heated armrests on the door panels and on the armrest of the front bench seat once the center of the seat has been folded down. Delphi would be chosen as the supplier for both the instrument cluster, utilizing their brand new 3D instrument cluster; and also the infotainment systems. Saint-Gobain Sekurit would be chosen as the supplier of all of the glass because of their technology that would help breathe new life into the iconic large, frame-on-body car. A European-based glass company would be chosen to do the entire glass for vehicles on the GM B-Platform, and their products that would be used in this vehicle would the Climacoat windshield with integrated antennas, hydrophobic glass for the front door glass, Coolcoat acoustic glass for the rear door glass and in the case of the traditional wagon models-also the D-pillar; and this European-based glass company would also be awarded the vista sunroof with Climacoat technology on the traditional wagons (the heated part of the vista sunroof would actuated at the same time the windshield would be activated by the push of a single button to activate both and snow & ice would be cleared from the vista sunroof not only to make the sunroof visible during the winter months; but also so that the consumer wouldn’t have to clear any ice and snow from the vista sunroof, and also so that the vista sunroof does it’s part in reducing the cabin temperature during the summer months), the unique backlite on the 5-door hatchback models, the backlite for the clamshell tailgate on the wagon models; and all the glass for the Chinese market version, and all of the glass for the Australian 5-door hatchback and traditional wagon versions. The Australian coupe utility version, however; would use glass supplied by an American-based automotive glass company, and their products that would be used in the Australian coupe-utility would be the Sungate windshield, the Safe & Sound glass for the door glass and the Solextra Vision for the rear “back of cab” glass.

I would like for the resurrected B-Platform to run on Hydrogen, but to date, that still doesn’t seem commercially viable for a mass production car.