VOLKSWAGEN Australia has introduced that its second-generation Amarok utility vary will arrive in native showrooms from April 2023 with four- and six-cylinder turbocharged petrol and diesel energy, and with all kinds of grades aimed toward each industrial and leisure patrons.
Greater-spec Fashion, PanAmericana and Aventura grades will arrive first, with trade-tough Core and Life specs to comply with from mid-year.
VW says it can supply the Amarok Fashion with the selection of a 154kW/500Nm 2.0-litre twin-turbo diesel or a 184kW/600Nm 3.0-litre turbo-diesel V6 and is anticipated to be the strongest vendor of the 5 variant line-up when it arrives positioned “simply above the earlier Amarok Highline”.
Amongst different options, the Fashion variant will arrive as normal with IQ.Gentle Matrix LED headlights, a 12.0-inch digital instrument panel and heated, power-adjustable entrance seats (10-way for the driving force and eight-way for the passenger),
PanAmericana and Aventura variants will up the ante additional with what VW says is a “new degree of off-road and on-road sophistication, respectively”, following in an identical vein to choices such because the Toyota HiLux Rugged X and Rogue strains.
The off-road-ready Amarok PanAmericana will arrive as normal with 18-inch alloys shod in all-terrain tyres, darkened sports activities exterior accents, a leather-covered dashboard and premium Harman/Kardon audio.
For the Aventura grade are bigger 21-inch alloys, Savona leather-based upholstery, chrome exterior accenting, and an electrical roll tonneau cowl.
Volkswagen will supply the Amarok PanAmericana completely with V6 diesel energy whereas the Aventura provides a 222kW/452Nm 2.3-litre turbocharged petrol unit, or the diesel V6.
In Australia, Volkswagen anticipates the higher-grade trio will kind the lion’s share of Amarok gross sales.
Volkswagen says that in 2020, Australian patrons of the previous-generation mannequin favoured high-grade gross sales by 58 per cent, and that by 2022, some 78 per cent of Amaroks offered right here had been high-grade or flagship variants.
“The Amarok is a pioneer for diesel V6 efficiency and driving dynamics, together with the load carrying and towing capacities the section expects, and these stay key necessities for our new Volkswagen ute,” mentioned Volkswagen Business Automobiles director Ryan Davies.
“Particularly late within the lifecycle of the unique Amarok we noticed buyer preferences transfer in the direction of flagship fashions, and this development will proceed. Our clients demand efficiency and worth, and that is what we’re delivering for powertrain selection, engineering, security and know-how.
“With a brand new turbo petrol engine, steering and suspension tuned by the best Volkswagen engineers, and unique particulars comparable to a leather-covered sprint, premium audio, and widescreen digital cockpit, this Amarok greater than solutions our buyer calls for.”
The extent of Australian enter into VW’s new Amarok is greater than ever earlier than with a group of greater than 20 designers and engineers stationed in Australia for greater than three years throughout the mannequin’s co-development with its twin-under-the-skin Ford Ranger.
Volkswagen Australia has but to substantiate pricing of its 2023 Amarok vary, saying additional particulars shall be revealed nearer to the mannequin’s April launch.
By the use of reference, the present 2022 Volkswagen Amarok line-up is priced from $45,890 and $86,990 plus on-road prices.
Now in its twelfth 12 months of sale, the four-wheel drive Amarok vary at the moment ranks tenth throughout the 4×4 ute section. Toyota’s HiLux dominates the market section with year-to-date gross sales of 44,217 items forward of the Ford Ranger (39,015), Mitsubishi Triton (23,039) and Isuzu D-Max (18,744).
