To have fun its latest Guinness World Report achievement, Volkswagen has created a particular Amarok 10 Deserts Version, impressed by the profitable around-Australia pursuit of the identical title, and centered on the off-roading purist.
The Melbourne-designed Amarok accomplished an arc of Australia’s 10 deserts in a record-breaking six days, 17 hours, and the restricted version providing, out there from Q2 2025, honours that feat.
Utilising the Amarok Life TDI500 as its base, the brand new variant has higher floor clearance, further underbody safety and off-road centered tyres. Designed to be extra attainable than the Type, PanAmericana and Aventura grades, it runs a 500Nm bi-turbo diesel engine.
Impressed by the core adjustments that helped the Amarok tame Australia’s Nice Victoria, Nice Sandy, Tanami, Simpson, Gibson, Little Sandy, Strzelecki, Sturt Stony, Tirari and Pedirka deserts, it options distinctive black ‘10 Deserts’ badging.
An ordinary black tonneau cowl and distinction white-only paint, and 17-inch black alloy wheels are additionally distinctive to the ten Deserts Version. A suspension raise equipment raises trip peak by 40mm to ship 275mm floor clearance.
Volkswagen will strategically place the Amarok 10 Deserts Version between $60,000 ‘sticker packs’ such because the Ford Ranger Black Version, and rival off highway particular version variants that value above $70,000 plus on-roads.
Whereas a last value is but to be introduced, it can sit between the Amarok Life TDI500 and Type TDI500, which is able to set you again $60,990 and $70,990 plus on-roads, respectively (primarily based on 2024 mannequin 12 months pricing).
“We deliberate for the Amarok to cross 10 deserts in 10 days, but it surely managed to beat the harshest Australian terrain in underneath per week,” Volkswagen Business Autos director Ryan Davies mentioned.
“Our goal with the Amarok 10 Deserts Version is to seize the weather that made our Volkswagen 4MOTION product work so nicely in Australia, more durable tyres, underbody safety and class-leading clearance… [delivered] in a lighter and attainable bundle.”
