And what does it offer?
This is the Volkswagen Amarok 2023. In 2010, the Hannover pickup made its debut for the first time, and 12 years later the second generation follows. And what does it offer? It is what we are going to tell you. Let’s start with the front that, as you can see, we won’t have to bend down to show you. We’ve got the huge grille that’s now one piece instead of two, and LED headlights that are always standard now. They can be Matrix, the so-called IQ lights, optionally or at the top level of trim.
Let’s move on to the side view of the new Amarok. As you can see, the proportions are enormous: 5.35 meters long, 10 centimeters more than the previous one, and the wheelbase has grown by 173 millimeters to 3 meters 27, from which the interior benefits, something that we will see later. A small mention to the wheels: we have the 21-inch wheels of the superior variant, although the basic version starts from 16, and depending on the trim level they can be 17, 18 and 20.
Volkswagen has also worked on the off-road qualities of the Amarok, not in vain it hides technology from the Ford Ranger, and we are particularly struck by the wading capacity of the Amarok, which has risen from 500 to 800 millimeters.
And we are already inside the new Amarok. We sat in the most equipped version, with leather on the dashboard and seats, which can be “vegan” if you ask. It is very spacious, there is air for the head to spare, and it is very comfortable. We see two large screens, on the one hand the digital cockpit, which depending on the finish is 8 or 12 inches, and a large display for infotainment, between 10 and 12 inches. Here we control the navigation, radio, telephone, etc., and it comes standard with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
We can also regulate the driving modes, and whoever is still analog can do it with this rotary knob. But what we like the most is that in the cockpit there is always a little animation if we choose snow, mud…
