![]() GM didn't redesign the 1500 Express/Savana front chassis to 'use a traditional type Diff that could be swapped out with a different one' because their design criteria didn't include that. The AWD version of the 1500 Express/Savana was never a high volume vehicle, and major changes like axle swaps are a tiny, tiny niche out of that. Click to expand.The most likely answer to both questions is, it was good enough for what GM wanted to do (offer a full-size AWD van) and it was easier to fit into the 1500 Express/Savana chassis than any other alternative that was readily (and inexpensively) available to GM.Įven so, they had to make changes to the mounting arrangement.
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