REVEALED: VW Truck, run amok, it's the Amarok.

[RAMd®d]

Whodda thunk it?

Not a great shot of it, but it looks OK to me.

But the name cracks me up. It reminds me of the odd names of some of the early Toyta cars.

[ztirffritz]

That would fit my lifestyle well. Too bad it would probably cost about $30k. Trucks should never cost more than about 1/4 of the median annual income of the US.(excluding Bill Gates and Warren Buffet). I just need something to haul a bit of junk to the dump, or get out for skiing or Mtn Biking. This would be perfect, especially if it came with a Diesel 5 spd manual transmission option.

[mrbigstuff]

Looks almost exactly like a Honda Ridgeline, but I doubt that to be anything more than skin deep... unless VW has some sort of agreement with the Honda peeps that is not publicized.

[SDGuy]

I'm with Rick-o on this - I just don't get the recent popularity of teeny-bed "Trucks". If I need a truck, I'm gonna get something that can haul long loads.

[OWC Jamie]

[TLB]

2 liter diesel with a regular cab and larger bed and I'd be set. I need to replace my aging 1987 Mitsu pretty soon. Unfortunately it doesn't look like this VW is coming to he USA.

[cbelt3]

"The VW naming department is probably awesome. We're betting it goes like this: "Let's do drugs and read local-language editions of Encyclopedia Brittanica." And that's how the Inuit word for "wolf" came to name this new truck, the VW Amarok."
:jest: :jest: :jest: :jest:

[Grateful11]

IMHO I don't understand why people think everyone that needs a truck has to have a full-size
truck. Unless you run a business most people would only need a full-size truck maybe 3 or 4
times a year. We live on farm with 36 head of cattle and don't even have a truck. We have a
Tahoe Z71, a 14' cattle trailer and a 8' utility trailer. Tags on trailers are much cheaper than
upkeep, insurance, and weighted tags for trucks. You can call an SUV a truck all day long but
to me and the DMV of NC if it doesn't have a bed on it it's not a truck. I can tow as much
weight as I need and not have to buy a weighted tag. We sold our 1 ton Chevy Dump truck
and traded the pickup truck in because we never used them. Our trailers do everything we
need, even haul a 20' steel driveway culvert, trash to the landfill or 5 head of cattle.

[josntme]

billb wrote:
Certainly looks ram-tough.

Well, I'll bet on my RAM 2700 in a head to head test. :punch:

[AAA]

I agree.

A trailer and a mustang!