Volkswagen Amarok ‘Raptor’ under consideration
Volkswagen Amarok ‘Raptor’ under consideration
March 05, 2021
Hard-core German super-ute likely, but will it be a factory Amarok R or a Walkinshaw creation?
Volkswagen is just about to unleash its first genuine hero ute – the Walkinshaw-tuned, V6-powered, $80,000 VW Amarok W580 – but the brand has been shy about outlining plans for a bona-fide Ford Ranger Raptor rival.
Until now.
While the Volkswagen Amarok W580 is designed for on-road excitement and spirited asphalt driving, in a strategy designed to give it a point of difference among the Ford Ranger Raptors and Nissan Navara Warriors, the brand is not immune to the allure of a rock-crushing off-road hero model.