Payload changes for VW Amarok

VOLKSWAGEN Australia has recalculated the payload figures for its Amarok ute vary, in a transfer that might open the door for extra novated lease prospects to decide on the model’s dual-cab 4×4 pick-up truck. 

 
The corporate’s product supervisor for the Amarok ute, Ben Triebels, introduced the change at a current VW media occasion, outlining that the calculations used to get to the payload capability are what has modified, because of suggestions from VW showroom workers having to rule out sure Amarok variants for novated lease offers. 

Briefly, Mr Triebels stated the model had been utilizing the tare mass – or unladen mass – which incorporates 10 litres of gas, fluids and no occupants. Now, nevertheless, the calculation is predicated on the kerb weight, which features a full tank of gas. 

“We have modified the best way that we calculate the payload,” confirmed Mr Triebels. 

“So from Volkswagen clearly having a really heavy background in heavy autos, we’re all the time calculating the payload on tare weight. Okay, the ‘B’ pick-up section, nevertheless, calculates the payload of off kerb weight,” he defined. 

“So we’ll align ourselves with that to go well with the opposite manufacturers as properly.” 

The flow-on results are important, with the reclassification which means that each one variants of the Amarok vary will now be eligible for novated leases, a boon for personal drivers who could have needed a dual-cab ute however had been beforehand unable to decide on sure variations of the Amarok. 

 
For these instances, the payload mass of a car have to be under 1000kg. If it has a payload determine of 1000kg or extra, it falls exterior of the tax classification as a ‘automotive’, and signifies that a car can be ineligible to be categorized as a non-public use car. 

“Tare weight (is) basically the bottom and weight of the car with the manufacturing unit choices and solely 10 litres of gas. That is the best way heavy autos do it, and that’s how we have all the time carried out it,” stated Mr Triebels. 

“However shifting ahead, we’ll calculate the payload of the automotive with kerb weight – in order that’s the bottom weight of the car, with the manufacturing unit choices, and a full tank of gas.  

“So we have not modified something mechanically, or engineering on the car. We’re mainly simply aligning ourselves with the remainder of the section, in order that we’re evaluating apples to apples.” 

VW Amarok payload figures for MY23 vs MY24: 

Volkswagen’s ute has now grow to be its hottest car, displacing the T-Roc small SUV on the high of the model’s gross sales charts. 

 
By way of the primary 4 months of 2024, the Amarok has chalked up 3003 registrations (simply over 25.5 per cent of the 11,750 VW fashions offered in 2024 year-to-date).