Driving impressions: VW Amarok V6 Canyon

When Amarok first launched in South Africa back in 2010, it was a game-changer. German engineering and quality build – now in a long-awaited bakkie from the automaker – could not be faulted. At the time the fact that it had a 2-litre engine had a lot of people sceptical with plenty of jokes such as "only coke, milk and orange juice come in a 2lt" being the order of the day.

With time, Volkswagen had developed the single turbo engine to deliver 103kW and 340Nm and the