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derivative of this platform - originally designed for the Chinese market and being used in the 1999 Volkswagen Passat Lingyu, but ultimately being used for its rebadged version under the Škoda brand, the 2002 Škoda Superb - is referred to as
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The Volkswagen Corrado was an A2 platform car, but it borrowed heavily from the B3 Passat platform for ancillary components (the VR6 version borrowed some suspension components from the A3 platform too).
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The B3 Volkswagen Passat was the first B platform car to be called Passat in the United States. The B3 was also the first Passat with an independently designed platform, which did not share parts with
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The longitudinal engine B4 vehicles were developed from the longitudinal B3 platform, with some modifications such as an extended rear overhang, longer wheelbase, redesigned suspension, and fuel tank.
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The B4 Passat was a face lifted B3 (receiving its own generation number is controversial), remaining nearly mechanically identical, but with entirely new sheetmetal, and an updated interior design.
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referred to by "B6", given that its fifth generation was previously based on the B5 platform. However, this generation of the Passat returned to the
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Volkswagen Group revised the alphanumeric nomenclature used for car platforms. The revised platform code is composed as follows:
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8E/8H numbers of the B6 A4/S4 with different suffixes, while the SEAT Exeo (which was derived from the B7 A4) takes the
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8E/8H" Audi A4/S4 produced from late 2000 to 2005. The platform used by these models is formally known as the
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designation is used to refer to both the third generation Volkswagen Passat produced from 1988-1993, and the "
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In late 2000, the B5 Passat received a facelift, and is referred to as the "B5.5" generation.
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Still an Audi derived platform, this time based on the Audi 80/4000, again, including its
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8E/8H" Audi A4, S4, and RS4 produced from 2005 to 2008. The B7 A4/S4 retains the
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for Volkswagen cars. The Santana (facelifted) was produced until 2012 in China.
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and the 1996 Volkswagen Passat. B5 platform cars can be equipped with a
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to be moved forward 4 inches. This results in an increase in
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layout. This platform was introduced with the first-generation
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8E/8H (saloon: 8E2, Avant: 8E5) / 8H7 (Cabriolet), 2003–2005)
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and a slightly more rearward weight distribution for better
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9F, 2005–2011; long-wheelbase version for Chinese market)
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8E2 (saloon), 8E5 (Avant), 8H7 (Cabriolet), 2005–2008**)
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under Volkswagen's revised naming scheme) returned to a
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models. Instead, the design borrowed heavily from the
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Index

Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group
Class
Mid-size
large family car
D
Compact executive car
D
Layout
Longitudinally mounted front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Longitudinally mounted front-engine, all-wheel-drive
Audi F103
Volkswagen Group MLB platform
mid-size
automobile platform
Volkswagen Group
saloon cars/sedans
estate cars/station wagon
coupés
Volkswagen Passenger Cars
Audi
SEAT
Škoda
marques
engine
transverse engine
longitudinal engine
size
class
mid-size cars

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