Volkswagen Group A0 platform

The Volkswagen Group A0 platform is a series of automobile platforms shared among superminis of various marques of the Volkswagen Group.

Under Volkswagen's revised platform naming system, the "A04" platform is now known as the PQ24 platform,^[1] and what may have been called the A05 platform is officially the PQ25 platform. The new nomenclature is derived as follows:

P indicates a passenger car platform
Q (quer) indicates a transverse engine
2 indicates the platform size or class
5 indicates the generation

A01

A01 (Typ 86) platform cars:

Audi 50 (1974–1978)
Volkswagen Polo Mk1 (1975–1981)
Volkswagen Derby (1977–1981)

A02

A02 (Typ 86C) platform cars:

Volkswagen Polo Mk2/Polo Classic/Derby (1981–1994)

A03

A03 platform cars:

SEAT Ibiza Mk2 (Typ 6K, 1993–2002)
SEAT Córdoba Mk1 (Typ 6K/6KC/6KV, 1993–2002)
Volkswagen Polo Mk3 (Typ 6N/6KV, 1994–2002)
Volkswagen Polo Playa (1996–2002) - a rebadged SEAT Ibiza 6K with some cosmetic components from the Volkswagen Polo 6KV
SEAT Inca van (Typ 6K9, 1996–2003)
Volkswagen Caddy van (Typ 9K, 1997–2003)

A04 (PQ24)

A04 platform cars, now officially referred to as the PQ24 platform:^[1]

Škoda Fabia Mk1 (Typ 6Y, 1999–2007)
Audi A2 (Typ 8Z, 1999–2005)
Volkswagen Polo Mk4 (Typ 9N, 2001–2009)
SEAT Ibiza Mk3 (Typ 6L, 2002–2008)
SEAT Córdoba Mk2 (Typ 6L, 2002–2009)
Volkswagen Fox (Typ 5Z, 2004-on)
Škoda Fabia Mk2 (Typ 5J, 2007-2014, uses portions of PQ24 and PQ25 platform) ^[2]
Volkswagen Gol Mk5 (2008–present, PQ24/25 hybrid)^[3]
Volkswagen Voyage Ml2 (2008–present, PQ24/25 hybrid)
Volkswagen Saveiro Mk5 (2009–present, PQ24/25 hybrid)

A05 (PQ25)

PQ25 is a development of the PQ24 platform with the possibility of all-wheel drive,^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6] informally known as A05 .

SEAT Ibiza Mk4 (Typ 6J, 2008–present)
Volkswagen Polo Mk5 (Typ 6R/6C, 2009–present; Typ 61, 2010–present)
Audi A1 (Typ 8X, 2010–present)^[1]^[7]^[8]
Škoda Rapid (2011–present, only for Indian market)
Škoda Fabia Mk3 (Typ 6V, 2014–present)
Volkswagen Vento (Typ 61, 2010–present)

"New A05+"

Škoda Rapid (Typ NH, 2012–present)
SEAT Toledo Mk4 (Typ NH, 2012–present)
Volkswagen Santana (2013–present, China)
Volkswagen Jetta (2013–present, China)

References

1 2 3 "Frankfurt Motor Show: Audi heads up the A1". 4Car. 18 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
1 2 "Next generation VW small car platform to offer all-wheel drive". Retrieved 2 October 2010.
↑ Novo Gol - Mudanças para continuar na liderança (Portuguese)
↑ Seat boss: New Ibiza matches Toyota quality http://www.autonews.com/article/20080512/ANE03/805322889
↑ Volkswagen Polo And Audi A1 Will Share New AWD Platform http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/volkswagen-polo-and-audi-a1-will-share-new-awd-platform-ar57033.html
↑ 2008 Paris Motor show photos & coverage http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/paris/112_2008_paris_motor_show_p1/seat_ibiza_cupra.html
↑ "Some Audi A1 details (correct and incorrect) from Motor Trend Volkswagen Polo news story". Fourtitude.com. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
↑ "Thinking Small: Audi A1, Q3 and VW Polo". Motor Trend. Source Interlink Media. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

"Im Fokus: Volkswagen" (PDF). Automobil-Produktion (in German). March 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
Fulthorpe, Mark (April 2002). "Europe's slight rise & anticipated decline - Auto by the Numbers - car sales, production in Western Europe - Illustration - Statistical Data Included". CBS Interactive Business UK. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

External links

Volkswagen Group corporate website

Volkswagen Group platforms

New Small Family platform (PQ1x) (ultra-compact city cars)	NSF (PQ12)

A00 platform (city cars)	A00

A0 platform (PQ2x) (superminis)	A01 A02 A03 A04 (PQ24) A05 (PQ25)

A platform (PQ3x) (compact and mid-size cars)	A1 A2 A3 A4 (PQ34) A5 (PQ35)

B platform (PQ4x/PL4x) (various mid-size cars)	B1 BX B2 B3 B4 B5 (PL45) B6 (PL46, PQ46) B7 (PL47) MLB/MLP (B8)

C platform (mid-size/luxury Audis)	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6

D platform (PL6x) (large/luxury sedans)	D1/D11 D2 D3 D4 D1 (VW Phaeton/Bentley)

E platform (PL7x) (mid-size/luxury SUVs)	PL71

T platform (Transporters)	T1 T2 T3 T4 T5

Modular platforms	MQB (Modular Transversal) MLB (Modular Longitudinal) MSS (Modular Sports-Car System)

Other platforms and vehicles	B-VX62 (MPVs) LT/T1N (vans and small trucks) Amarok (pickup truck)

Volkswagen Group

Ownership

Divisions and
subsidiaries

Passenger cars	Audi (99.55%) quattro Bentley Motors Bugatti Lamborghini Porsche SEAT Škoda Volkswagen

Commercial vehicles	MAN (75.56%) Navistar International (16.6%) Scania Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Motorcycles	Ducati

Services	Italdesign Giugiaro

Geographic	Volkswagen Group of America (Electronics Research Laboratory) Volkswagen do Brasil Volkswagen Group China Volkswagen Group Sales India

Shareholdings

FAW-Volkswagen (40%)
Here (33.3%)
IAV (50%)
Navistar International (16.6%)
SAIC Volkswagen (50%)

Products and
technologies

Platforms Vehicles

Engines	Diesel: current / discontinued Petrol: current / discontinued North America

Technologies	BlueMotion Digifant DSG ETKA FSI Pumpe Düse SDI TDI VAG-COM

Discontinued
brands

Places

People

Ferdinand Porsche (founder)
Carl Hahn (Chairman Emeritus)
Ivan Hirst (former Managing Director)
Rudolf Leiding (former CEO)
Kurt Lotz (former CEO)
Heinrich Nordhoff (former Managing Director)
Ferdinand Piëch (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Bernd Pischetsrieder (former CEO)
Toni Schmücker (former CEO)
Martin Winterkorn (former Chairman of the Board of Management)
Porsche family (owner)

Motorsport

Other

Volkswagen emissions testing scandal

Category
Commons

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