The
Volkswagen Amarok is a mid-size
pickup truck built by
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV). The Amarok range consists of single cab and double cab, combined with either
rear-wheel drive or
4motion four-wheel drive, and is powered by turbocharged gasoline or
Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI)
diesel engines. VWCV considers the
Toyota Hilux,
Nissan Navara and
Mitsubishi Triton to be Amarok competitors, although it is bigger in size.
The Amarok is powered by a range of
Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI)
common rail diesel engines, and
Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI)
petrol engine.
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As of 2010, the engine range consists of two 2.0L
Turbocharged Direct Injection(TDI)
common rail diesel engines which is taken from the
Volkswagen Transporter (T5), it has been tuned for more torque but less power; the entry-level version produces 90 kW (122 PS; 121 hp) which develops a maximum torque of 340 N·m (250 lb·ft) from 2000 rpm. The top of the line bi-turbo version produces 120 kW (163 PS; 161 hp) which develops a maximum torque of 400 N·m (300 lb·ft) from 1500 rpm.2500
Fuel consumption in a combined cycle format is as low as 7.6 L/100 km (37 mpg-imp; 31 mpg-US) on the rear wheel drive variant to 8.1 L/100 km (35 mpg-imp; 29 mpg-US) on the 4Motion theoretically giving the Amarok a 1,000 km (620 mi) range before filling up for fuel.
As of the 2012 Model Year Volkswagen has introduced two more engine configurations, 2.0L TDI 90 kW motor upgraded to 103 kW of power
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ZF engineered automatic transmission.
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The Amarok has three drive concepts: rear wheel drive, Shiftable 4Motion and Permanent 4Motion. The Shiftable all wheel drive system can shift drive between the axles whereas the Permanent full-time all wheel drive system distributes power through a Torque Sensing (Torsen) differential with a 40:60 ratio between the front and rear axles.
Scorpions' band nucleus, Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine and Matthias Jabs are associated since 2009 to the promotion of the Amarok. Rudolf Schenker is the most involved, since his participation in the 2010 Paris-Dakar Rally. Later in 2010, he and the special project division of VW teamed in the design of a unique, custom Amarok, done with the graphics of the Scorpions band and fitted with a 3D, lighted scorpion tail. Rudolf Schenker is featured since November 2010 in numerous blogs and automobile websites with the "Scorpions" Amarok and an equally custom "VW Flying V" guitar built by PGG Guitars in Canada.