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.