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Originally Posted by desal75
DEI, the A3 is indeed on the Jetta, Rabbit chassis.
Its something all the automanufacturer's do. Some cars share platforms that aren't even made by the same company such as the Mitsubishi Eclipse and Dodge Stratus/Chrysler Sebring.
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there's nothing wrong with sharing platforms. But when you make the *exact same car* and put 2 brands on it, then you're in the realm of stupidity. Why? Well lessee. You've gotta have 2 different dealerships to sell the same car at. 2 different steps on the assembly line (to put the different badges and the different trim inside the car), 2 different inventory tracking entries, 2 different shipping schemes. all sorts of bullshit that repeats itself when it doesn't have to.
With the Beetle platform, people buying the beetle are probably not looking for a car like the TT, and vice versa. So as long as you're appealing to different market segments, the seperate lines are understandable. Now it's just cheaper to stick the same chassis under the different body.
But two minivan clones are appealing to only the minivan shoppers. You're spending extra money instead of saving it.
There's a big difference between the Caravan/T&C and the TT/Beetle.