Terminology 101

[Ti Kan]

Interesting.  Obtuse indeed, and hard to remember.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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Tom Haapanen writes:
> To confuse things a little bit more, VW has changed its internal 
> platform nomenclature.
> 
> The old ones (A00, A0, B, C, D) have been replaced with more descripting 
> but more obtuse-looking two- to four-character codes:
> 
> e.g.
> 
> PQ24 (A2, new Polo)
>     Platform
>     Quer (transverse)
>     Size class 2
>     Generation 4
> 
> PQ35 (new A3, next-gen Golf/Jetta)
>     Platform
>     Quer (transverse)
>     Size class 3
>     Generation 5
> 
> PQ46 (next-gen Passat)
>     Platform
>     Quer (transverse)
>     Size class 4
>     Generation 6
> 
> PL46 (current A4)
>     Platform
>     Leng (longitudonal)
>     Size class 4
>     Generation 6
> 
> PL62 (new Audi A8)
>     Platform
>     Leng (longitudonal)
>     Size class 6
>     Generation 2
> 
> PL71 (Touareg)
>     Platform
>     Leng (longitudonal)
>     Size class 7
>     Generation 1
> 
> T5 (new Transporter/Caravelle)
>     Transporter
>     Generation 5
> 
> Tom