Volkswagen Group A0 platform

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Volkswagen Group A0 platform - Wikipedia

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Volkswagen Group A0 platform

Overview
Manufacturer	Volkswagen Group
Production	1974–present
Body and chassis
Layout	Transverse Front-engine, front-wheel-drive Transverse Front-engine, all-wheel-drive
Chronology
Successor	MQB platform (for PQ26 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 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, 1997–2005)
Volkswagen Caddy van (Typ 9K, 1996–2004)

The Volkswagen A00 platform is derived from the A03 platform as well, being a shortened version of it.

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, 2004–2021)
Volkswagen Suran/SpaceFox (Typ 5Z6, 2004–2019)
Škoda Fabia Mk2 (Typ 5J, 2007–2014, uses portions of PQ24 and PQ25 platform)^[2]
Volkswagen Gol Mk5 (Typ 5U, 2008–2022, PQ24/25 hybrid)^[3]
Volkswagen Voyage Mk2 (Typ 5U, 2008–2022, PQ24/25 hybrid)
Volkswagen Saveiro Mk5 (Typ 5U, 2009–2023, PQ24/25 hybrid)
Škoda Roomster Mk1 (Typ 5J, 2006-2009 )

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, 2008–2015)
Volkswagen Polo Mk5 Pre-Facelift (Typ 6R, 2009–2014; Typ 61, 2010–present)
Audi A1 (Typ 8X, 2010–2018)^[1]^[7]^[8]
Škoda Rapid (Typ NA, 2011–2021, only for Indian market)
Volkswagen Vento (Typ 60, 2010–2022)

"New A05+"

Škoda Rapid (Typ NH, 2012–MY2014)
SEAT Toledo Mk4 (Typ KG, 2012–2018)
Volkswagen Santana (Typ BR, 2012–2022, China)
Volkswagen Jetta (Typ BS, 2013–2019, China)
Jetta VA3 (Typ 0M, 2019–present, China)
Volkswagen Polo (Typ CK, 2020–2022, Russia)^[9]

A06 (PQ26)

Volkswagen Polo Mk5 Facelift (Typ 6C, 2014–2017)^[10]
Škoda Fabia Mk3 (Typ NJ, 2014–2022)^[11]^[12]
Škoda Rapid (MY2015–2023)^{[citation needed]}
SEAT Ibiza Mk4 Facelift (Typ 6P, 2015–2017)^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Frankfurt Motor Show: Audi heads up the A1". 4Car. 18 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Next generation VW small car platform to offer all-wheel drive". Retrieved 2 October 2010.
^ Novo Gol - Mudanças para continuar na liderança Archived 16 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
^ Seat boss: New Ibiza matches Toyota quality http://www.autonews.com/article/20080512/ANE03/805322889
^ Moore, Alina (6 May 2008). "Volkswagen Polo And Audi A1 Will Share New AWD Platform". TopSpeed. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Russia's New Volkswagen Polo Sedan Is Not A VW, A Polo or a Sedan". Carscoops.com. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ "Auto | impulse". Archived from the original on 25 February 2019.
^ "Ремонт Шкода Фабия 3 своими руками: документация, фотоотчеты для Skoda Fabia 3 (NJ)".
^ "Der neue Fabia nutzt teilweise die MQB-Plattform".

"Wartungsintervalle Škoda Fabia" (in German). 29 August 2022.
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. Archived from the original on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

External links

Volkswagen Group corporate website

v t e 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/PQ4x) (compact and mid size cars)	A1 A2 A3 A4 (PQ34) A5 (PQ35) A6 (PQ46)
B Platform (PL4x) (various mid size cars)	B1 BX B2 B3 B4 B5 (PL45) B6 (PL46) B7 (PL47)
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 PL72
T Platform (Transporters)	T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6
Modular Platforms	MQB (Modular Transversal front wheel drive/four wheel drive) MLB (Modular Longitudinal front wheel drive/four wheel drive) MSB (Modular Longitudinal rear wheel drive/four wheel drive) MMB (Modular Longitudinal mid-engine or rear-engine rear wheel drive/four wheel drive) MSS (Modular Sports Car System) MEB (Modular Electric Drive) PPC (Premium Platform Combustion) PPE (Premium Platform Electric) SSP (Scalable Systems Platform)
Other Platforms And Vehicles	B-VX62 (MPVs) LT/T1N (vans and small trucks) Amarok (pickup truck)

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Ownership

Divisions and
subsidiaries

Passenger cars	Audi Audi Sport Bentley Mulliner Lamborghini Porsche Scout SEAT Cupra Škoda Volkswagen VW R Sehol (JV with JAC) Jetta (JV with FAW)
Commercial vehicles	Traton MAN Truck & Bus International Motors Scania Volkswagen Truck & Bus Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Motorcycles	Ducati
Engines	MAN Energy Solutions
Services	Electrify America Electrify Canada Italdesign Giugiaro
Geographic	Škoda Auto Volkswagen India Volkswagen Group of America (Electronics Research Laboratory) Volkswagen Argentina Volkswagen do Brasil AutoLatina (defunct) Volkswagen Group China Volkswagen de México Volkswagen Group Rus (defunct) Volkswagen of South Africa

Shareholdings

SAIC Volkswagen (50%)
FAW-Volkswagen (40%)
Volkswagen Anhui (75%)
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Holdings (50%)
IAV (50%)
Here (33.3%)
Argo AI (42%)
Sinotruk (Hong Kong) (25%)
Hino and Traton Global Procurement (51%)

Products and
technologies

Platforms Vehicles
Engines	Diesel: current / discontinued Petrol: current / discontinued North America
Technologies	BlueMotion Digifant DSG ETKA FSI Pumpe Düse Quattro SDI TDI VAG-COM

Discontinued brands

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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 (Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board, former CEO)
Bernd Pischetsrieder (Former CEO)
Hans Dieter Pötsch (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Toni Schmücker (Former CEO)
Martin Winterkorn (Former Chairman of the Board of Management)
Porsche Family (owner)

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