What does VAG mean in cars?

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VAG refers to Volkswagen AG, one of the world's leading automotive groups that owns numerous brands. As a corporation, maximizing profits is an inevitable trend. When Volkswagen's brand portfolio expands, developing independent car platforms for each brand would be prohibitively expensive. To reduce costs, adopting a unified platform for multiple vehicle models is a common practice among large automotive groups. The Volkswagen Group's A platform is one such example. Here are the specific details: 1. In VAG's model generations, the term "Mk" is typically used to denote them, which is a German tradition. However, this doesn't represent the entire automotive industry, as each company has its own rules and practices. 2. The "A1" designation by Volkswagen merely represents the development platform. To clarify this potentially confusing terminology, "Mk" was later adopted to indicate the generation of a model, while "A1", "A2", etc., refer to the evolution codes of the chassis, not the model generation codes. This is because multiple variants with different names can share the same A1 chassis, such as the Golf and Jetta.