Amaroking In Style
Since the launch of the Amarok in September 2010, Volkswagen has been modernising and uplifting the lives of those of us who really need a car that we can take the cabbages to market on Saturday with, and still drive to Church in it on Sunday. The stylish good looks of the Volkswagen Amarok allow you to do just that. I know because I just had the Amarok 2.0l Tdi 4-Motion double cab six speed manual diesel 4X4 to test drive for a whole week. So visiting my Mother in Law and giving my friends a lift to the local both gained me some credibility. This is just one of the derivatives which the Amarok is available as, the single cab is a working mans right hand, as much as the double cab is and with the ability to load a standard pallet straight onto the load bed, right off the forklift, highlights the benefits of owning an Amarok, which just keep getting better. I was impressed with the way that the fuel gauge moved so slowly, and on investigating I found that the diesel 2.0 litre 4-Motion engine has a frugal fuel consumption of just 7,7 litres per 100 kilometres in a combined cycle. With 90kW the rather large Amarok double cab belted from zero to a hundred in just 13,7 seconds and seeing as this is not a performance racing car that should give you a good indication of the formidable power the Amarok produces. They report the top speed of the 4-Motion to be 161km/h but Im sure I topped that. Safety is always a high priority with any Volkswagen model and even more so in the Amarok, the Off-Road Mode impressed me a lot, where a single button depressed at under 100km/h, will integrate the ESP system, Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) and Anti-Lock Braking system (ABS) to behave in a special manner conducive to off road conditions. Comfort and entertainment is all there with climate control, six speaker sound and luxurious leather upholstery. The Volkswagen Amarok comes standard with a 3 year/100 000 km manufacturer warranty and 5 year/90 000 km Automotion Service Plan. All models have a 6 year anti-corrosion warranty and 15 000 km service intervals.