What is Amarok ?
Amarok is Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles first fully VW developed one tonne pickup family.
What does name Amarok mean ?
Amarok is named after a large Wolf from Inuit folklore and also loosely translate in South American languages to 'he loves stones'.
Where is the Amarok manufactured ?
In Volkswagen's General Pacheco plant in Argentina.
What body variants will be available ?
Intially only the Double Cab variant will be released first with the Single Cab and Cab Chassis variants to follow soon after.
What AWD/4x4 systems will be available ?
Volkswagen through the Press have stated that there will be two versions AWD/4x4 systems.
1) The AWD system similar to VW Groups 4Motion system will be released.
The system is expected to be a On Demand based system.
2) VW will also have a dedicated Permament 4x4 system with Locking Diffs for hardcore Off Roaders.
What about 2WD ?
Rear Wheel Drive in 2WD format.
Links of Interest
Volkswagen Amarok - VW International
Volkswagen Amarok - Wikipedia
The Amarok - VW New Zealand Launch Site
Volkswagen Amarok - Facebook Group
www.amarokchallenge.com
Last edited by phaeton; 23-02-2010 at 12:24 PM.
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