Engineering:Volkswagen Group A0 platform

Volkswagen Group A0 platform
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 A0 (for PQ25 and 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

The A02 platform is a mild development of the A01 platform.

A02 (Typ 86C) platform cars:

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

Volkswagen Polo Mk2

A03

The A03 platform is derived from the larger A3 platform used in the Golf Mk3.

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)

The A04 platform is derived from the larger A4 platform as used in the Golf Mk4 among others.

The Skoda Roomster goes as far as being based on both the A04 platform and A4 platform.

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, 2003–2021)
Volkswagen Suran/SpaceFox (Typ 5Z6, 2006–2019)
Škoda Fabia Mk2 (Typ 5J, 2007–2014, uses portions of PQ24 and PQ25 platform)^[2]
Volkswagen Gol Mk3 (Typ 5U, 2008–2023, PQ24/25 hybrid)^[3]
Volkswagen Voyage Mk2 (Typ 5U, 2008–2023, PQ24/25 hybrid)
Volkswagen Saveiro Mk3 (Typ 5U, 2009–present, 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)