Volkswagen Group B-VX62 platform

The Volkswagen Group B-VX62 platform (sometimes called the VX62 platform) is an automobile platform shared among various marques of multi purpose vehicles (MPVs) in the European market from the Volkswagen Group and Ford.

It was co-developed by Volkswagen AG and Ford Europe, and is used by Volkswagen Group for its Volkswagen Passenger Cars and SEAT car marques. All B-VX62-based vehicles are built at the joint venture plant AutoEuropa in Portugal.

B-VX62 platform vehicles

Volkswagen Sharan (Typ 7M)
SEAT Alhambra (Typ 7V)
Ford Galaxy (1995-2006)

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.
"Who we are". volkswagenautoeuropa.pt. Volkswagen AutoEuropa. 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2010.

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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