This is where the new Amarok range takes a big step up. The 2023 Panamericana is wider, longer, more stable than old-version Amaroks. The whole range can make that claim.
But as we climb the range, we leave behind the four-cylinder diesel engine and venture into ‘V6 land’.
Amarok teams a 3.0-litre turbo-diesel V6 with a ten speed ‘proper’ automatic transmission. This may be the best team-up of engine, transmission and 4WD system of the range.
It offers ‘mode’ options like the others, but also adds the 4A option to the transfer case rotary dial. That means the truck can be driven in 4WD on the road without causing unpleasant clonks and groans from the driveline. It also means a surefooted drive in dodgy weather or on dodgy roads, which New Zealand has a few of.
That engine is good. Very
