more platforms

[Per Lindgren]

Jens wrote:

> Hi there!
>
> I was surprised at the post of Per Lindgren:
>
> <<
> A0: Audi A2, VW Polo, Lupo, Seat Arosa, Ibiza, Cordoba, Skoda Fabia
> A: Audi A3, TT, VW Beetle, Golf, Jetta, Seat Leon, Toledo, Skoda Octavia
> B: Audi A4, VW Passat
> C: Audi A6
> D: Audi A8, Future VW "D"
> >>
>
> Ok, but the A2 as an aluminium car? I think I was told it is a
> standalone platform.
> (That's the only thing that would make sense to me. I have to do a bit
> of research on the name.)

I may be wrong about the A2, I just vagely remembered what I have read in a
mag somewhere. Anyways, it could still have the same platform (suspension
bits, drivetrain etc) even though the sheetmetal is aluminium sheets

>
> And the Passat shares components of A6 and A4. But I don't know which is
> the basic platform for it, I think if only one, than "B".

The Passat is definitely a B platform car.

PerL
92 Cab 2,3