Volkswagen Group New Small Family platform explained

The Volkswagen Group New Small Family platform (NSF) (also known as Typ AA or PQ12 platform) is a range of ultra-compact city cars manufactured by Volkswagen Group launched in late 2011,[1] based on the Volkswagen up! concept cars[2] shown at 2007's Frankfurt and Tokyo motor shows. Although the up! concept car had a rear-engine design, the NSF's platform is front-engined, according to reports,[3] in order to reduce investment costs. The range will consist of a short wheelbase three-door hatchback and a five-door version. A hybrid version was touted to join the range but never did. The NSF Platform was offered with electric powertrains in the E-Up, Citigo and Mii.

The cars are built in Slovakia at the Group's Devínska Nová Ves plant near Bratislava, Volkswagen Group planned to invest 308 million Euros (about $398.56 million) in readying the plant for the project.[4] NSF models will be badged as Volkswagens, SEATs and Škodas,[4] It has also been reported that Audi is planning a version of the NSF, tentatively named E1, with a distinctively-styled body and interior.[5]

Volkswagen Group expects to build 4.5 million NSF cars in the model's anticipated nine-year life.

NSF-based models

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New VW Up unveiled. Autocar. 30 August 2011. 21 August 2011.
  2. Web site: Future Cars: up! - Volkswagen UK. Volkswagen.co.uk. 1999-02-22. 2011-10-10.
  3. http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/U-turn-VWs-Up-will-be-front-engined/ U-turn! VW's Up will be front-engined, Phil McNamara, Car magazine, Peterborough, UK, 19 July, 2008
  4. http://www.volkswagenag.com/vwag/vwcorp/info_center/en/news/2009/04/Volkswagen_to_produce_the_New_Small_Family_in_Slovakia.html Volkswagen to produce New Small Family in Slovakia, VW, Bratislava, 22 April, 2009
  5. http://www.automobilemag.com/green/news/0903_audi_to_join_vw_new_small_family_nsf/index.html Audi Invited to Join VW's New Small Family, Georg Kacher, Automobile magazine, New York, NY, 25 February, 2009
  6. Web site: Intel Report: MQB Architecture at Audi and the Volkswagen Group. Fourtitude.com. Fourtitude.com. 17 February 2012.
  7. Web site: Radu. Mihnea. 2016-02-09. VW Taigun Canceled Because It's Too Small, New SUV Concept to Debut in Geneva. 2020-03-05. autoevolution. en.
  8. http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121022/CARNEWS/121029977 Volkswagen reveals Taigun concept

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