02 December
Breaking: VW Amarok First Pictures
The Volkswagen Amarok is scheduled to make it’s world debut on the 15th of December. We have however decided to not make you wait that long. All hail Carblog.
Good news is that you don’t have to ride around in one of those hideous looking Transporters if you want a double cab from VW. Isn’t this thing just the best looking double cab you’ve seen in a while. From every angle it looks the business and if the engine stats are anything to go by it will mean it too.
Initially there will be a 2 liter 4 cylinder common rail diesel producing about 120kw and 400nm which will be the strongest unit available. Fuel consumption will be awesome as the predicted range
on a 80 Liter tank will be almost 1000km! A second, less powerful diesel and a direct inject petrol engine will also be offered later.
Double cab versions as well as single cab versions will be offered, but no extended cab versions are on the cards. At least not for the launch. Three levels of specification will be offered – basic, trendline and highline.
Now we just have to wait and see whether VWSA will be able to price it competitively. If they do it’s game-on Toyota.
Tags: CarBlog News, Volkswagen, Vw
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:09 am
They say that the Amarok will cost on the german market around 25.000 Euros!!!
January 20th, 2010 at 7:21 am
this is a great and good looking pickup and know that it will be better than isuzu, toyota or ford. Good work!!!!!!
January 29th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Guys first i’d like to thank VWSA for such a good looking motor vehicle, but let’s not compare it with the No.1 quality producer because i believe this is their fisrt bakkie in the cormmecial market with its most powerful engine producing around 120KW whick is a minor thing compared to the 3.0 D-4D, 4.0 V6 and even the 2.5 TDCi Mazda BT50. Let’s just hope the bakkie will be reliable and durable because if it doesn’t then it’s a no match to a best loved universal toyota bakkies including the 4.5 EFI Land Cruiser. Anyway to VWSA, welcome to the market and let’s hope for the best.
802DEOT – Limpopo (Polokwane
February 22nd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Goodday,
Will you guys be able to let me know what the price range will be for South Africa,please.
Regards.
Nazeem.
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Wow!!! I like it may be it because I enjoy VW cars. The car looks better than a number bakkies on the South African roads. I have looking buying a bakkie and surely I would buy this one. I hope and pray that it will be price and quality competitive to Toyota hilux. VW did it with their polo and am sure they do it with any of their other models. Well done VW.
March 6th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Well…Well Let’s see this good looking d/c on the dealer floor. Just like Naheem, I say, bring on the price for the South Africa. I hope VW will realize that in order to compete with the Big Boys currently making it big here, their pricing will be affordable to all VW lovers.No doubt that Toyota Hi-Lux currently is a good quality and reasonably priced d/c.