page_title: GM U platform
section_title: 4th Generation
hierarchical_section_title: GM U platform / Minivans / 4th Generation
caption_attribution_description: English: Buick GL8 II photographed in Shanghai, China.
context_page_description: The U-platform is a front wheel drive minivan and crossover SUV platform from General Motors produced since 1990. North American sales ended in 2009, but Chinese production continues. The minivans were divided into three generations, 1990–1996, 1997–2005 and 2005-current. The U-body was also used for General Motors' first generation crossovers from 2001-2005.
  Keeping with its EPA designation as a light truck, the fifth character in the VIN for a U-body is "U", instead of the fourth, as is standard for cars.
context_section_description: In 2010, Shanghai GM introduced a new version of the Buick GL8 Luxury Business Edition. The previous generation remains on sale as the Business Edition.
  Prior to the car's release, a concept car called the Buick Business was shown at the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show.
caption: Buick GL8
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