2000+ Bonneville is BIG
 

People usually think that my Aurora is a bigger car than the Bonneville is, but the opposite is actually the truth. It's the shape of the Aurora that makes it look bigger, but the Bonneville is actually slightly larger than the Aurora is!

In this picture in a front shot, the Aurora does look slightly larger than the Bonneville
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but.....

in this view you can see that the Bonneville is actually 3-4 inches longer. The Bonn is has its rear tire against a cement parking barrier while the Aurora is even an inch from the barrier for comparision.

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So is it safe to say that the H body may just be a longer version of the G body that Oldsmobile/Buick uses?

I wonder how long the 95-99 Aurora is compared to the 2000+ Bonnevilles. Maybe a bit longer :?

The 1995-1999 Aurora is 205.4 inches long.
The 2001-2003 Aurora is 199.1 inches long.
the 2000+ Bonneville is 203 inches.

Well there you go! :lol:

the 95-99 aurora feel like tanks compared to my bonnie

I totally agree, and I like that fact too. They seem a lot more solid and ride so much nicer (nicer than mine anyway).

The Bonne has a larger trunk also. :P

most definately. the trunk on the 01+ aurora is pretty tiny in comparison. :lol:

IRC, the 00+Bonnieand Aurora actually share the platform.
The G- body came out with the Riviera and Aurora, then in 97 the Park Ave got a bigger version of the G, and it was lumped in with the older C-body designation.
When the LeSabre, Bonnie and Aurora received their redesigns, the all went to a G-body based platform. The LeSabre and Bonnie continued to be called H-bodies, and the Aurora stayed the G-body. But, under the skin they are basically the same car, except that the Aurora got the V8.

I found my SSEi (when I had it) to be far larger inside then the Aurora. There is far less headroom in the Aurora then the 92-95 Bonneville. 00+, I dunno...I've not been in one for long enough to compare.

When we had the SSEi, Angie called it our little car. :D