The Volkswagen Group New Small Family platform (NSF) (also known as ''Typ AA'' or PQ12 platform) is a range of ultra-compact

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s manufactured by

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launched in late 2011, based on the

Volkswagen up! The Volkswagen Up (stylized as Volkswagen up!) is a city car produced by the Volkswagen Group from 2011 to 2023. It was unveiled at the 2011 International Motor Show Germany (IAA). Production of the Up started with the model year of 2012, in D ...

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s shown at 2007's Frankfurt and Tokyo motor shows. Although the up! concept car had a

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, the NSF's platform is front-engined, according to reports, in order to reduce investment costs. The range will consist of a short

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three-door

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and a five-door version. A hybrid version, as well as a

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, were touted to join the range but never did. The NSF Platform was offered with electric powertrains as E-Up, Citigo-e iQ and Mii Electric. The cars were built in

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at the Group's

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plant near

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. Volkswagen Group planned to invest 308 million euros (about $398.56 million) in upgrading the plant for the project. ''Volkswagen to produce New Small Family in Slovakia'', VW, Bratislava, 22 April, 2009
.Accessed: 4 July 2009. NSF-based cars were badged as

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and

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; it has also been reported that

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planned a version of the NSF, tentatively named E1, with a distinctively-styled body and interior. All models went out of production by the end of 2023, with the last one being Volkswagen Up. Volkswagen Group expected to build 4.5 million NSF cars in the model's anticipated nine-year life.

NSF-based models

Discontinued

SEAT Mii The Volkswagen Up (stylized as Volkswagen up!) is a city car produced by the Volkswagen Group from 2011 to 2023. It was unveiled at the 2011 International Motor Show Germany (IAA). Production of the Up started with the model year of 2012, in D ...

Škoda Citigo The Volkswagen Up (stylized as Volkswagen up!) is a city car produced by the Volkswagen Group from 2011 to 2023. It was unveiled at the 2011 International Motor Show Germany (IAA). Production of the Up started with the model year of 2012, in De ...

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Cancelled

* Volkswagen Taigun (2016)Volkswagen reveals Taigun concept
-- Autoweek (Retrieved 2012-10-22)

References

External links

Winding Road article on New Small Family
{{Volkswagen navbox New Small Family

NSF-based models

Discontinued

Cancelled

See also

References

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