Volkswagen Group A0 platform

Not to be confused with Volkswagen Group MQB 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)

• 
  Audi 50
• 
  Volkswagen Polo Mk1
• 
  Volkswagen Derby

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.

• 
  SEAT Ibiza Mk2
• 
  SEAT Córdoba Mk1
• 
  Volkswagen Polo Mk3
• 
  Volkswagen Polo Playa
• 
  SEAT Inca
• 
  Volkswagen Caddy

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)

• 
  Škoda Fabia Mk1
• 
  Audi A2
• 
  Volkswagen Polo Mk4
• 
  SEAT Ibiza Mk3
• 
  SEAT Córdoba Mk2
• 
  Volkswagen Fox
• 
  Volkswagen Suran
• 
  Škoda Fabia Mk2
• 
  Volkswagen Gol Mk3
• 
  Volkswagen Voyage Mk2
• 
  Volkswagen Saveiro Mk3
• 
  Škoda Roomster

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]

• 
  SEAT Ibiza Mk4
• 
  Volkswagen Polo Mk5
• 
  Audi A1
• 
  Škoda Rapid (India)
• 
  Volkswagen Vento (A05)
• 
  Škoda Rapid (2012)
• 
  SEAT Toledo Mk4
• 
  Volkswagen Santana
• 
  Volkswagen Jetta
• 
  Jetta VA3
• 
  Volkswagen Polo

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 ]}

• 
  Volkswagen Polo Mk5 Facelift
• 
  Škoda Fabia Mk3
• 
  Škoda Rapid (2012)
• 
  SEAT Ibiza Mk4 Facelift

References

1. "Frankfurt Motor Show: Audi heads up the A1". 4Car. 18 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
2. "Next generation VW small car platform to offer all-wheel drive". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
3. Novo Gol - Mudanças para continuar na liderança Archived 16 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
4. Seat boss: New Ibiza matches Toyota quality http://www.autonews.com/article/20080512/ANE03/805322889
5. Moore, Alina (6 May 2008). "Volkswagen Polo And Audi A1 Will Share New AWD Platform". TopSpeed. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
6. 2008 Paris Motor show photos & coverage http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/paris/112_2008_paris_motor_show_p1/seat_ibiza_cupra.html
7. "Some Audi A1 details (correct and incorrect) from Motor Trend Volkswagen Polo news story". Fourtitude.com. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
8. "Thinking Small: Audi A1, Q3 and VW Polo". Motor Trend . Source Interlink Media. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
9. "Russia's New Volkswagen Polo Sedan Is Not A VW, A Polo or a Sedan". Carscoops.com. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
10. "Auto | impulse". Archived from the original on 25 February 2019.
11. "Ремонт Шкода Фабия 3 своими руками: документация, фотоотчеты для Skoda Fabia 3 (NJ)".
12. "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