Volkswagen Group A0 platform

ChronologySuccessorMQB 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 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, 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

External links

• Volkswagen Group corporate website