Volkswagen Group B platform
The Volkswagen Group B platform is a mid-size automobile platform from the Volkswagen Group. It has been used for saloon cars/sedans, estate cars/station wagon, and coupés - under the Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT and Škoda marques. Volkswagen Group revised the alphanumeric nomenclature used for car platforms. The revised platform code is composed as follows: A letter, P, indicating a passenger car platform A letter indicating the configuration of the engine: Q indicates a transverse engine (Quer in German) L indicates a longitudinal engine (Längs in German) A digit indicating the platform size or class: 4 corresponds to mid-size cars A digit indicating the generation or evolution An additional + suffix indicates a long-wheelbase variant. B1 19741988. An Audi derived platform, the first Volkswagen Passat was nearly identical to the Audi 80 (Audi Fox in US), sharing much of its mechanical systems, including its longitudinal engine placement. VW Passat B1/VW Dasher (Typ 32, 1974–1981; 1974–1988 in Brazil) Audi 80 (Typ 80, 1973–1976) Audi 80 (Typ 82, 1977–1978) BX 19801996. The BX platform, developed by Volkswagen's Brazilian subsidiary (Volkswagen do Brasil), again borrowed heavily from the Audi 80 (Fox/4000) of the day. The BX platform was used for the Brazilian Volkswagen