The second-generation Volkswagen Amarok pickup will arrive in Europe at the end of 2022. To be patient, the brand is publishing two teaser images of its future dumpster backpacker, which will now be a cousin of the Ford Ranger. Discovery.
The second version of the Volkswagen Amarok pickup will arrive in 2022. Unlike the first generation, whose production at the Hanover plant in Germany ceased in August 2020, this new opus will be released in Silverton, South Africa.
This industrial site is already assembling the Ford Ranger, with which the Amarok 2 will share its technical base. Indispensable for limiting manufacturing costs, this industrial logic is widely used in the pick-up market, where there are no longer any clones. However, it has not been successful for everyone: the Renault Alaskan, Mercedes Classe X or Fiat Fullback have all flopped in Europe.
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A harmonious light signature
The German-American pick-up will only be available from the end of 2022. To make customers wait, Volkswagen has published two teaser images, which put more emphasis on the crossing capacities of its future dumpster than its physical appearance. We can nevertheless guess the robust lines, an imposing grille and a light signature with a strip at the edge of the hood like the brand’s SUVs. A way to be connected with the Volkswagen ID.4 or with the Volkswagen T-Roc just restyled.
The stylists of the new Amarok want to be reassuring. They claim that they won’t make a simple badge change, as some competitors sometimes do. No, their pickup has the rank of a top-of-the-range model to maintain.
“” The striking front and above all the characteristic X-shaped design clearly set the new Amarok apart from its competitors and underline its pioneering quality. »Confirms Albert-Johann Kirzinger, Design Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. ” We have managed to represent, unambiguously, all the strength and power of the new Amarok, clearly associating them with Volkswagen’s DNA, inside and out. ““
The current first-generation Amarok, launched in 2010 and sold more than 800,000 copies over the past ten years, will not be able to retire yet. It will continue its career in South America, where it is manufactured (in Pacheco in Argentina, more precisely). A continent where pick-ups are very popular and where Volkswagen is one of the most established manufacturers.
