First glimpses of new Volkswagen Amarok

Its one of the worse kept secrets but the marketing team at Volkswagen have now confirmed that the new Amarok will be launched on the global market in 2022, and it will include numerous driver assistance systems that are new to the pickup sector. Amarok is derived from the language of North American Inuit and means ‘wolf’ and it will have a number of convenience functions which will give the new ‘wolf’ even better off- road characteristics than previous generations thanks to greater ground clearance.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Amarok has been in series production since 2010 and the second generation comes with a V6 diesel as standard has been delighting customers in the Amarok markets since 2016. More than 815,000 vehicles were sold in twelve years and developed by teams in Australia and Europe, the latest version will be produced in Silverton in South Africa in future.

Perhaps the most interesting news to come out of the press release from Volkswagen is that the new Amarok will be as powerful as ever and it will return to the V6- TDI for its power source. Of course this will be music to existing Amarok fans and Volkswagen hopes it will also win over new target groups for the premium pick-up. The whole exterior of the new Amarok has been revised and it should also tow up to 3.5 tonnes with ‘plenty of torque’ promised. And the premium character of the interior has also been further enhanced.

The comfort, operating concept, connectivity and ambience in the completely new interior ensure that the new Amarok raises the benchmark for pick-ups in the global one-ton B-segment to a whole new level. The exterior of the new Amarok has grown in length by ten centimetres to 5.35 metres and its body will also be wider than the current version. This is manifested, for example, in more legroom in the second row.