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Automotive News Europe, February, 2002 by Weernink, Wim Oude
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A Volkswagen compact minivan due in September will be the first model based on VW group's new modular A platform.
The platform - also referred to as PQ35 within VW - will gradually be applied to all the group's mid-size models.
The current A platform is also used for several models, including the VW Golf, Bora and New Beetle; the Audi A3 and TT; the Skoda Octavia; and the Seat Toledo and Leon.
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But the new A platform will be much more flexible than the old one. It will use what VW calls "joint production systems" - or modular components - across a wider range of ...
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