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Do you have any evidence for Skoda developing a platform on their own? https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/skoda-handed-control-volkswagen-group-mqb-a0

• constantcrying 2y ago
  This platform has been developed by VW over a decade ago. It is not something which Skoda has developed on their own, it is Skoda getting to do legacy support for one small part of a large platform family.
  • dagw 2y ago
    "...the Czech manufacturer's development of the specialised MQB-A0-IN" Not developing as in starting from zero, but developing as in taking an existing platform and modifying/improving it for a new series of cars (in this case simplifying the platform to make it cheaper to produce, and targeting the very lowest end of the car market). Admittedly not a platform we're likely to see in 'the west', and sure it's nothing fancy, but I guess you have to start somewhere. edit: reading back through the original thread, I agree that you are correct that Skoda is not developing a ground up platform that will be the basis for several VAG cars.
    • constantcrying 2y ago
      Which is completely different from developing your own platform. And it definitely isn't something which VW uses to base their own cars on.