When you spend four years more than €60 billion (US$80 billion) in developing a groundbreaking new platform, then you better make sure that your investment will pay off for itself big time.
This is what the VW Group has done for its brand-new MQB platform, which is so flexible in terms of wheelbase, track width and seating positions that it will underpin a variety of different-sized models ranging from the Polo to the Passat – and everything else in between.
At the group’s profits announcement, it was revealed that in 2011, the number one European manufacturer increased its profits by more than 50 percent compared to 2010, to €11.3 billion (US$15 billion).
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