REVIEW: Volkswagen has pumped up the Amarok for its second outing: it's larger, more capable and plusher. But is it better?
You'll have heard about the tactic of joining those you cannot beat, but what about, for want of a better word, becoming them?
A little history: when the first-generation Amarok launched in 2010, it did so with an in-house body-on-frame construction and a range of VW's proprietary powertrains, of which the beefcake 3.0-litre V6 TDI was by far the most popular. With easier drivability and a more hospitable cabin than its rivals, the Mk1 sold well, especially considering its maker had no prior experience of building mass-market pick-ups/bakkies/utes around the world.
Lurking beneath the Amarok’s exterior is the recently updated Ford Ranger, with its revised T6 platform. We’ll come onto the immediate consequences of this fact in a moment, but it’s worth stopping to appreciate its significance in the broader sense. With Volkswagen having invested so heavily in EV strategy, its ability to develop ICE-based legacy products has been hamstrung, particularly in respect to lower-volume commercial vehicles.
Five miles through light-to-moderately gruelling South African bush was dispatched with ease and decent wheel articulation, though the brakes did occasionally grab without warning in hill-descent mode. In terms of geometry, Ford underpinning clearly does the new Amarok no harm: shorter overhangs improve the significant off-road metrics and wading depth is up from 500mm to 800mm, and greater still with the optional exhaust snorkel.
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