VW’s pick-up gets timely makeover

The Volkswagen Amarok pick-up is more appealing than ever to those of us who don’t need its impressive abilities

The new Volkswagen Amarok is offered with a 3.0-litre V6, making it the only vehicle in its class with a six-cylinder engine

Since Volkswagen unveiled its first full-size pick-up to the world in 2009 (full-size in the European sense, not American, which is a story for another day), it has unashamedly pitched the Amarok as the ‘premium lifestyle’ option, an alternative to a class full of trucks that have always been quite utilitarian.

The pick-up sales chart in Ireland is headed by the Toyota Hilux (which has been in existence since the late 1960s), the ...