Stable drip feed of 2023 Volkswagen Amarok The trailer continues, with the new womb’s touchscreen, the latest details will be revealed.
The new products will be revealed in full on July 7, ahead of a local launch in early 2023.
As in the new Ford Rangerwith the new one Amarok Sharing its platform, Volkswagen has a vertically oriented touchscreen.
Volkswagen says it will offer “sizes up to 12 inches”. The Ranger offers a choice of a 10.1-inch or 12-inch touchscreen, while the included Amarok has a small 6.33-inch display.
The Amarok is expected to run Ford’s Sync 4 infotainment system, though it does appear to have a different skin.
The climate control switch below the display appears different from that of the Ford.
Although the Ranger and Amarok may share a large touchscreen connected by tall ventilation holes, their respective interiors have been designed in different styles.
The Amarok has different air vents, as well as a unique steering wheel and what appears to be a unique gearshift. Also expect another look for the digital instrument cluster.
The German brand has made it clear that it is aiming to supply the Amarok with “genuine Volkswagen DNA”.
Finally, there are also unique front and rear styling.
At the rear, there are unique tail lights while the front looks like an evolution of the current model’s design language, in stark contrast to miniaturization. F-150 Ranger’s look.
Unlike Ford, Volkswagen will eliminate halogen headlights for its lower-spec models. All layers will have LEDs or matrix LEDs.
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Volkswagen will offer the Amarok in base, Life, Style and PanAmericana and top-of-the-line Aventura levels.
The PanAmericana will have “off-road features”, while the Aventura will have a more touring style.
Volkswagen’s V6 turbo-diesel engine will not feature But don’t worry: the company has confirmed the bent-six will continue, and it’s expected to be Ford’s 3.0-liter V6 turbo-diesel engine mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission.
In the Ranger, this engine produces 184kW of power and 600Nm of torque.
Volkswagen’s current flagship Amarok, the W580, generates 190kW and 580Nm from the 3.0-litre engine.
Globally, there will be a choice of four diesels and one petrol, with displacements ranging from 2.0 liters to 3.0 liters, plus rear-wheel drive, part-time 4×4 or AWD permanently full time. Volkswagen says the 3.5-ton towing capacity will remain.
With the V6 coming from Ford, that suggests Volkswagen will also use the Ranger’s 2.0-liter single-turbo diesel and six-speed automatic, the 2.0-liter biturbo and 10-speed automatic, and the 2.3 EcoBoost turbocharged petrol. liter. It’s not clear what the mentioned missing option would be.
In addition to the upcoming model, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles also promise new class-leading driver assistance features, superior off-road capabilities and a more comfortable and upscale interior.
In total, the company says the Amarok will offer more than 30 driver assistance systems – another leap forward from the current car, which doesn’t have automatic emergency braking.
Hopefully the Amarok will follow in the Ranger’s footsteps in offering features like adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring, lane keep assist and rear cross traffic alert.
Developed by teams in Australia and Europe, the latest version of the Amarok will be manufactured in Silverton, South Africa.
The current model is assembled in Argentina, whereas the Ranger will continue to come from Thailand.
Despite sharing much with Ranger, Volkswagen says it already has its team work in parallel with Ford’s Ranger team.
It will again cooperation with Walkinshaw on an upgraded, locally tweaked version of Amarok in the absence of the Ranger Raptor-based flagship.
Such a model should appear as early as late 2024. That’s less of a wait than the current W-Series models, which come about a decade after the first-generation Amarok debuted.
Existing Amaroks W-Series add features ranging from new seats and stickers to upgraded suspension, body guards, rocker rails, wheels and tires, and lighting.
They are sold at Volkswagen dealers and are covered by the normal factory warranty.
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Volkswagen executives in Europe have also spoken about the possibility electric version of Amarok throughout its life cycle.
Autocar reports that this Amarok EV could be launched in Europe in 2025.
Ford will launch a plug-in hybrid version of the Ranger in 2024, but Volkswagen is not satisfied with the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle line-up, according to Lars Krause, Volkswagen commercial board member responsible for marketing.
