David Fritzinger
In article <le8gs9$76c$2@dont-email.me>, Nashton <nonna@nana.ca>wrote:

Nashton
On 2014-02-21 8:23 AM, Brake Dive, Acceleration Squat, Body Roll Works LLC wrote:

Brake Dive, Acceleration Squat, Body Roll Works LLC
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That also isn't the only example of platform sharing. For example, all of these were built on the same platform (and with variations, the same manufacturing line):

Audi A3 Mk2 (8P) Audi TT Mk2 (8J)[1] Volkswagen Touran (1T) Volkswagen Caddy (2K) SEAT Altea (5P) Volkswagen Golf Mk5 / GTI / R32 / Rabbit Mk5 (1K) Škoda Octavia Mk2 (1Z) Volkswagen Golf Plus (5M) SEAT Toledo Mk3 (5P) Volkswagen Jetta Mk5 (1K) SEAT León Mk2 (1P) Volkswagen Tiguan (5N) Volkswagen Scirocco (13) Volkswagen Golf Mk6 (5K) Škoda Yeti (5L) Volkswagen Jetta Mk6 (1K), (16) Audi Q3 (8U) Volkswagen Beetle (16)

Brake Dive, Acceleration Squat, Body Roll Works LLC
Who really gives a fuck when the end products sharing the same platform could be drastically different. C&D I think had an article not so long ago asserting that platform sharing frequently is irrelevant for the consumer. Mazda 3 and ford focus are tuned in such a way that their consumer base hardly overlap. I doubt there is even as much cross shopping between the two as between apple and samsung clienteles.

Nashton
it is significant to the degree, that some jealous sod, will bring up anything he can to prove some point.

As far as Audi goes, most of the component sharing ends with the A3 and I'll give you the A4.

Beyond that, they don't share more than 10%, at *most* with anything VW or Skoda, which according to more reliable surveys, is one of the best European brands as far as reliability goes.

David Fritzinger
Except for engines, as I have shown. And, except for many platforms, as I have shown. Face it, Nashton, your Q7 isn't that much different from a Toureg. Same platform, same engine.