Aslinya memang Theta Platform.
GMDAT has design, engineering, research & development facilities that are involved in development for various GM products. On November 25, 2003, the design center was relocated to the new 2-story building at the Bupyeong-gu headquarters and assigned the task to style a new SUV based on GM's Theta automobile platform to be released in 2006.
Tapi dikembangkan lagi menjadi TE platform (Theta Epsilon / Theta Extended) di NA..
Theta is General Motors' mid-size crossover SUV and compact SUV automobile platform. The architecture debuted in 2002 with the Saturn Vue (Theta, compact SUV) and was later used for the Chevrolet Equinox (Extended Theta, mid-size crossover SUV). The platform was developed by GM in North America. The Saturn was engineered in Michigan and the Equinox/[cencored] were engineered by GM's Canadian Regional Engineering Center (CREC) in Oshawa, Ontario.
Oleh sebab itu... lebih besar dan lebih panjang dari Captiva yang asli Theta-platform.
Sebagai perbandingan :
Vehicles
Current vehicles based on this platform:
* Short wheelbase
o 2002 Saturn Vue
o 2007 Daewoo Winstorm
o 2007 Opel Antara and 2008 Saturn VUE. (kelihatan sekali kemiripan dengan Captiva)
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f63/ ... vue-41176/
http://www.opel.com/brand_sites/antara_ ... index.html
* Long wheelbase
o 2005 Chevrolet Equinox
o 2006 Pontiac [cencored]
o 2007 Suzuki XL7 / XL tanpa underscore 7 (Mobil Amerika tapi pakai merk Jepang).
The 2007 Suzuki XL7 is based on the Theta platform and is built alongside the Equinox and [cencored] at CAMI Automotive in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada. It is the first non-GM branded vehicle to come off the Theta platform. Styled by Suzuki, the engineering was performed by GM engineers in the US and Canada.
Kalau XL (underscore)7 / XL_7 masih bikinan Jepang.
o 2010 GMC Terrain
o 2010 Chevrolet Equinox