Just over two years after the launch of the Amarok, the pickup is also to be produced at the Volkswagen Brand’s factory in Hanover. It is planned that the German factory will produce approximately 40,000 Amarok in a full production year, for delivery to customers in Eastern and Western Europe and Africa. Until now, European [...]
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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has shown off an extreme version of the VW Amarok pick-up at the Geneva International Motor Show in the shape of its Amarok Canyon concept vehicle. Specially configured for the popular extreme sport of ‘freestyle kayaking’, this show vehicle illustrates how versatile pick-up configurations can be created. All aspects of the Amarok [...]
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The new Volkswagen Amarok pick-up has received an unlikely award from Zoo magazine who crowned the double-cab pick-up ‘Manliest Motor’ in its 2011 Motoring Awards. Zoo magazine’s verdict on the Amarok said: ‘The Amarok packs so much testosterone, other cars melt in its presence. It’s that manly, the brute can carry a tonne in the [...]
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Following the introduction of the double cab Amarok pickup, the single cab Amarok is now entering the German market. The Amarok SingleCab features a load bed that has been extended to 2,205 millimetres with the same vehicle length and wheelbase as compared with the four-door double cab Amarok. The load bed, which is 65 cm [...]
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The new Volkswagen Amarok pick-up enjoyed a successful auction debut recently during a closed sale at Manheim Auctions, Bruntingthorpe. The two 2011 Amarok double cabs sold were both the top Highline specification with selectable 4MOTION all-wheel drive with the 2.0-litre, 163ps Bi-Turbo TDI engine and 6 speed manual gearbox. The vehicles shared the same specifications [...]
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