VW’s new Amarok is among us. NZ4WD was at the launch, covered the range last month, and will be taking a closer look at each model over the next few months, beginning with the Amarok Life.
Volkswagen’s Amarok rocked the New Zealand 4WD market when it arrived. A sumptuous interior, a mountain of torque, clever 4WD using Torsen diff technology and - gasp - no low range! Old school 4WD types found that last item hard to swallow, but the Amarok simply used its electronic driver aid systems and that massive torque to do what was required of it.
The name Amarok references a wolf deity in Inuit mythology. The original certainly lived up to the character of its ‘spirit animal’. At the time, there was arguably no diesel double cab ute
