Mr M: Marius Roberts delivers the Volkswagen V6 Amarok
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- Volkswagen's Amarok turned the pickup (bakkie - South African term) on its head when it first came to market in 2010 with its upmarket interiors and car like ride quality.
But more impressive was introducing safety features like off road ABS and vehicle stability control - unheard of then in the segment.
Here in South Africa, our consumers couldn't get their heads around a small diesel engine for a workhorse so it has never done the sales volumes it deserves. Yet now, all those who were abusing the Amarok then, are boasting about their 2.0l 10 speed transmissions today...what a fickle bunch.
Anyway, for me it remains the benchmark and whether you are a fan or not, there is no denying the Hilux's and Ranger's of today were spurred on by what VW brought to market.
And then they head the other way, slapping in the groups 3.0l V6 TDi engine into it...
Bizarre that its taken me so long to test but I have only heard good things.
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Congratulations Marius for running your own show, have been greatly following you on Ignition GT
I own a 2.0 Amarok Highline, quit popular here in Jamaica.I wouldn’t buy anything else apart from V6 version. They are quiet inside, comfortable, solid, drive handle and feel like you’re drive a car or vehicle smaller than it size. Very good fuel economy. Handle rough road real well comfortable, no bouncing around and suspension front end part are very durable. Engine is quiet, for some people they are not able to tell it is diesel.
For price, these are premium quality vehicles, you pay for what you get. As he said don’t know how more of these vehicles aren’t sold.
Don’t know, but hope Ford version will be able to live up to this model.
So good to see your own TH-cam channel. You are one of my favorite SA car journalist. Great video! Please try and test some jeeps
Thanks for the super cool message!!! Will see what I can do but as you know, the brand isn't in the greatest space right now globally but especially in South Africa. The dealer group that I have been getting cars from for review down here in PE have taken over Fiat / Jeep so lets see what I can arrange!
Remember watching you from a young age. Thank you. Keep safe!
Great review...I’m in Oz and picking up my V6 Blackline Rok 200kw on boost next week can’t wait. Have owned utes for many years across various manufacturers and the Rok rocks !
Brilliant vehicles just get smashed on sales here in SA where its the Hilux vs Ranger war yet none of them come close!
Good choice
@@MariusRobertsProductions 100% agree
Amarok is head and shoulders the best Ute/Bakkie period. Others might offer more tech and extras but the Amarok is just pure quality all round. No amount of airbags can make up for lack of quality and refinement.
Wish you all the best in this new challenge.
Appreciated brother, keep up the great work
Have viewed some of your other vids ... bloody great ...subscribed and have spread the word 👍
Big D That’s super cool of you! Much appreciated...let me know when you have your baby!
Marius Roberts will do mate with photos ...will try to get a couple of roo’s in the background just to show you blokes over in SA that we have wildlife lol 😂
Big D Haha actually meant to be in Aus in November for my nieces wedding but sadly that’s looking rather unlikely
I'm gonna follow you ..jeez we getting older..The Rok suits you as it will me when I buy it for 800k..ouch
3.5 tonnes towing instead of what you mentioned though
I am an idiot - thanks for picking up on that! Our capacities are slightly less than in Oz - the 2.8 tonne is for the 2.0TDi while the V6 in SA has a 3.2 tonne towing capacity!
Thanks for that and for the comments...much appreciated
Really nice bakkies the problem it is to expensive and the enterior is cheap feeling
That dude Agree on the price BUT all the latest double cabs are silly overpriced yet the consumers keep buying them. Disagree on the interior - it’s still the most upmarket of them all. I like clean interiors - the Ranger is too busy, too many buttons - but it’s a personal thing
A beautiful bakkie with a ugly price
Amarok hasn't had the runaway success that it "should have" because it's ridiculously over priced! They give you 'this' but you pay for 'that'
And when are we going to hear about the 190kW version that's supposed to be released in Q3 2020 - which has already been available in Australia since late 2018!