04 TT 3.2 Code/Number
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They've got multiple designations...
I don't quite understand the subtleties of which designation describes what. Like the new Golf is the A5 and also PQ35 (I think 35 not 36). The B6 cars were also referred to as the 8E (I think). Perhaps Mr 2953 could clear this up.
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I'm not Mr 2953, but...
I think "PQ35" is the official designation.
Golf-sized cars inhabit the "A" size segment in Europe, The TT was built off the MkIV version of the A (Golf) platform, hence "A4 platform". Audi A4s, to add confusion, were were built off VAG's "B" platform, as was the previous Passat (hence B5 or B5.5). I think the Phaeton is D-platform, and so on. I think the E8 has to do with Audi's VIN number sequence, maybe? Not sure...
Anyway, many enthusiasts and some in the motoring press have been calling the new VW Golf-Jetta/ Audi A3/ Seat Leon A5-platform cars, but this isn't really accurate.
With the newest generation Golf and Jetta, VAG changed its approach, sharing "component sets" rather than entire platforms, which often had rigidly-controlled dimensions and other requirements. PQ35 refers to a new group of shared component sets: engines, gearboxes, suspensions, dashboard internal structures, etc, that will underpin a number of different models. The new approach is supposed to allow more flexibility in making various models by sharing expensive-to-develop components, but still allowing different chassis lengths, widths, and so forth. The new Golf and Jetta, as well as Audi A3 are based on PQ35 architecture. I even think the new-to-Europe Passat is based on PQ35, although with a stretched floorpan (that's why the new Passat will have a Golf-like transverse engine instead of an Audi A4-like north-south arrangement).
Perhaps Mr. 2953 can correct or elaborate?
Golf-sized cars inhabit the "A" size segment in Europe, The TT was built off the MkIV version of the A (Golf) platform, hence "A4 platform". Audi A4s, to add confusion, were were built off VAG's "B" platform, as was the previous Passat (hence B5 or B5.5). I think the Phaeton is D-platform, and so on. I think the E8 has to do with Audi's VIN number sequence, maybe? Not sure...
Anyway, many enthusiasts and some in the motoring press have been calling the new VW Golf-Jetta/ Audi A3/ Seat Leon A5-platform cars, but this isn't really accurate.
With the newest generation Golf and Jetta, VAG changed its approach, sharing "component sets" rather than entire platforms, which often had rigidly-controlled dimensions and other requirements. PQ35 refers to a new group of shared component sets: engines, gearboxes, suspensions, dashboard internal structures, etc, that will underpin a number of different models. The new approach is supposed to allow more flexibility in making various models by sharing expensive-to-develop components, but still allowing different chassis lengths, widths, and so forth. The new Golf and Jetta, as well as Audi A3 are based on PQ35 architecture. I even think the new-to-Europe Passat is based on PQ35, although with a stretched floorpan (that's why the new Passat will have a Golf-like transverse engine instead of an Audi A4-like north-south arrangement).
Perhaps Mr. 2953 can correct or elaborate?
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