Volkswagen Amarok 2021 News

Cars disappearing in 2022

By Byron Mathioudakis · 03 Jan 2022

Along with pandemics, shortages and natural disasters, this year will also be remembered for the premature execution of several high-profile models.

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Volkswagen reveals new Amarok W580X flagship

By Justin Hilliard · 26 Jul 2021

Volkswagen Australia has revealed the next step in its Amarok ute collaboration with local tuning house Walkinshaw, with the new W580X dual-cab pick-up set to show off its off-road focus when deliveries begin in April next year

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VW expects vehicle delivery delays

By Neil Dowling · 16 Jun 2021

Volkswagen has warned of delays for some of its most popular models as the impact of the global semi-conductor shortage continues to hit at production volumes for most car manufacturers.It said it wanted to make customers aware of the potential delays and

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10 more decade-old new cars, trucks and SUVs

By Byron Mathioudakis · 23 May 2021

What is it about some cars, trucks and SUVs that make them more appealing the older they get?Is it familiarity? Faith in the fact that the manufacturer has had time to iron out all the big faults as well as niggling little problems?

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The toughest Amarok is yet to come

By Tom White · 05 May 2021

At the launch of Volkswagen's Amarok W580, a new collaboration with local tuning outfit Walkinshaw, the brand alluded to further projects in the works, including an off-road version of the current ute.Volkswagen's commercial division representatives said

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Volkswagen teases new Amarok ute – again

By Justin Hilliard · 26 Mar 2021

Volkswagen is inching closer to the reveal of the second-generation Amarok ute, which is being developed in Australia alongside its fourth-generation Ford Ranger twin

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Your next ute might be hybrid

By Stephen Ottley · 14 Mar 2021

This story might have seemed far-fetched only a few years ago, but make no mistake, a wave of new hybrid-powered utes are about to flood the market.After decades relying on torque-rich diesel engines to power utes of various shapes and sizes, the workhors

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New VW ute aims for street, not bush, cred

By Marcus Craft · 05 Mar 2021

Volkswagen's upcoming high-performance Amarok, the W580, will carve its own road-focussed niche, rather than following the rest of the ute mob which are busy trying to be more hard-core off-road machines, like the Ford Ranger Raptor.

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Hotted-up Aussie Amarok gets pricetag!

By Tom White · 01 Dec 2020

Volkswagen’s answer to the absurdly popular Ford Ranger Raptor, which it developed here in Australia as part of a partnership with Walkinshaw, will arrive two trim levels starting at $71,990 before on-road costs for the base W580.

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Volkswagen reshuffles Amarok range for MY21

By Justin Hilliard · 02 Nov 2020

Volkswagen Australia will soon offer another high-end variant of the popular 4x4 Amarok V6 dual-cab pick-up, with the TDI580 Aventura set to arrive around March, while its wider ute range has been reduced in size and will continue to do so

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