Volkswagen Amarok Name Announced for New Pickup Truck
New pick up truck is slated for launch in 2010
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N20_Purge
The car isn't ugly, but it is dull and I agree on the pointless part.
June 4, 2009 4:49 pm
politz
yes, it is dull and bizarrely named, but...
not pointless at all in latin america, the middle east or thailand.
June 4, 2009 5:33 pm
maloparac
If this is a ugly UV than Toyota Hilux and clones are also ugly because they have the same platform and chasis. And on the pictures is a concept with baywatch theme which is never gona hapened. It will be cheap, reliable, economic and universall. So this could and will be very selled UV...wona bet
June 4, 2009 6:31 pm
Flachzwilling
Nope...the Amarok has nothing in common with the HiLux. You are probably mixing it up with VWs first pick up, the Taro, which was actually a license-built Toyota HiLux.
June 5, 2009 5:21 am
Bristol411S3
What is going on with VWs naming department? First the Toerag, now the Anorak.
I think it looks quite sexy for a pick up and looks count to self employed tradesmen who are "stuck" with a pickup but because it may also function as a family vehicle don't wish to sacrifice style.
And the Baywatch thing could happen - the UK RNLI Lifeguards up and down the country's surf beaches currently use HiLuxes for beach patrols if I remember; a swap to Anoraks needn't be out of the question if they're priced well.
June 5, 2009 6:08 am
davethepetrolhead
I quite like it but i think the name seems a tad lame too region specific considering its not going to be sold in the US or Canada.
June 5, 2009 8:32 am
maloparac
FLACHZWILLING!!!!!!!!!
YES! IF YOU SEE TEST MULE PICTURES AND TEXT ABOUT IT YOU WILL FOUD OUT THAT ONLY DIFFERENCE IS FRONT GRILL, INTERIOR AND REAR DOOR GLASS IN DOUBLE CAB
June 5, 2009 11:31 am
Flachzwilling
No need for screaming, maloparac. Nevertheless, it's utter bullsh*t. The Amarok is an independent VW construction from bumper to bumper. Sure, VW might have used some HiLux-Bodies to disguise their mules (btw: that's what mules are normally) and perhaps also for benchmarking, but nothing more.
But if you can show me some proof, you're welcome...
June 5, 2009 12:19 pm
HEMI426
Better make one like this http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/autoblog/hirezpics/AAC_1280.jpg
June 5, 2009 1:48 pm
maloparac
Sorry budy, to much simularity, true it will be not just rebadged, but it will be like Golf MK 5 and MK 6 - not the same hood, side panels and bumpers, but the whole body is the same. If you compare pictures they have same place for side blinkers, doors and cabin have same shape, same side and place for fuel tank, even door handholles are the same! HxWxL looks the same.... so will shall wait 2010 for werdict.
June 6, 2009 11:23 pm
Flachzwilling
Hmm...seems that you're right: 4 door cab, cargo bed, 4WD...oh, wait a minute...that's what pick up trucks are all about! Bwahaha!
Just compare the seam on the a-pillar. Presuming both trucks share the same platform, this seam would be identical on both. But no: it is a lttle bit higher (just as your dear side indicator) on the Amarok. The same goes for the rear doors: on an identical platform it would be too costly to design different doors (concerning their part in structural rigidity in case of a crash - even with a box-on-frame-chassis)...and behold: the Amarok has a small divider on the rear door windows.
This all left out: if there was to be a cooperation between Toyota and Volkswagen, something (especially nowadays) would have leaked. You just can't keep such a thing secret.
June 7, 2009 9:36 am
Gnurb
Especially considering that the whole european press is talking about a "new Platform developped by VW", but I suppose Maloparac must have special informations^^.
VW has changed a lot since 1989, they had no experience at all in SUV and pick-ups,they signed this agreement about the taro in a difficult time, when the company was trying to expand.Now the only car maker cooperating with VW is..Porsche.
June 7, 2009 10:59 am
Suzane
Why should it be a new world standard? If you look at the past 20 years there were 2 kinds of pickups: the americans with big useless petrol engines (Ford F150, Chevrolet Colorado...etc..), and the other side of the world, Japan, Europe that started to use smaller, diesel and petrol engines (Fiat Strada, Mazda BT-50, and so on). I just don't understand why the americans started doing powerful pickups, even with tuned-up versions.
March 21, 2010 9:48 pm
ParadiseSwamp
It would be nice to have here. It gets incredible fuel mileage. According to Truck Trend, over 30 MPG!
June 18, 2010 10:42 am
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