Volkswagen Group A00 platform

The Volkswagen Group A00 platform is an automobile platform shared among various marques of city cars from the Volkswagen Group. It is based on a shortened A03 plattform (PQ23), as used in the Volkswagen Polo Typ 6N.

A00 platform cars

Volkswagen Lupo (Typ 6X/6E, 1998-2005)
SEAT Arosa (Typ 6H, 1997-2005)

Successor

Successor of that platform is the new NSF platform which is also known as the PQ12 platform.

References

"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.
"U-turn! VW's Up will be front-engined". Car Magazine. Bauer Media Limited. 19 July 2008. 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 (75.03%) Scania (99.66%) Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Motorcycles	Ducati

Services	Italdesign Giugiaro (90.10%)

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

Shareholdings

FAW-Volkswagen (40%)
IAV (50%)
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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