New Volkswagen Amarok review: Everything you need to know!

[@yissibiiyte]

It's a shame VW went through all the trouble of building their own pick-up from the ground up for the previous gen and then just ditched it for a rebadge

[@JohnWiku]

Which brand and model was this rebranded from?

[@mrvujadinovic9403]

@@JohnWiku it would've taken 20 seconds of watching to find out

[@mikaelsjoberg5024]

@@JohnWikuFord Ranger, if you listen carefully you can hear Matt say it 70 times in the video

[@tristan9610]

​@@JohnWiku dude they literally say it in the first 10sec of the video

[@Account1746]

@@JohnWikuurus

[@londamavundla1400]

Hey Mat and team. Hello from Joburg, South Africa 🇿🇦 Great to hear that the guys and girls at plant Silverton did a great job. Making us proud. 👍🏾

[@sellojuniorhlalele2411]

Chief, both Amarok and Ranger are made in Silverton, not Rosslyn. The BMW X3 and Nissan Navara are both made in Rosslyn

[@londamavundla1400]

@@sellojuniorhlalele2411 Yeah, that's right. Thanks for the correction bafo! 👍🏾

[@22vx]

Mat

[@juniorpeacookup84]

Woi mavundla izithakazel angizazi koda wola 🤟

[@Shamzanaizer]

Sbonge bafo

[@philoleroux2682]

😂we as South Africans know exactly what you mean Matt great review as always

[@munechivasa596]

What did he mean? I didn't get it.😭

[@emperorsniper2806]

Like with the Mercedes x class, which is basically nissan navara

[@hassyg4083]

stick to toyota hilux in africa

[@Bob-ll4xu]

Theres highway crash scams, hijacking and robberies goin on there.

[@Mike-zx1kx]

How are the energy production and usage transition going in Africa? New heat world records 5 days in a row last week. Through the great gift to humanity, glaciology, we now have a YEAR BY YEAR knowledge of the planets atmospheric Carbon content (and much more) for a period more than 10 times longer since Homo Sapiens left the African continent the first time. For over 850.000 years our atmospheric Carbon content have been relative stable at 220 PPM. 3 times in the 850.000+ years have gigantic widespread global volcanic eruptions raised the Carbon content with 30 PPM and EACH time it have triggered longterm climate changes for a very long time before the planets regulating systems slowly have been able to bring it down to 220 PPM again. It are truth to state that a atmospheric Carbon content of 220 PPM created us and nearly all living species present on the globe with very few exceptions. Besides the Asteroid that hit Yucatan 66 million years ago the largest species extinctions we have been able to document have happened during the 3 times the atmospheric content rose with 30 PPM. Since the Industrial revolution, just a few hundred years ago, we have raised the atmospheric Carbon content from 220 PPM to now (2022 number) 417 PPM! So humans NOW have caused not a 30 PPM rise but unprecedented 197 PPM! We are right now in the largest species extinction period since the Asteroid hit Yucatan 66 million years ago! The worlds oceans are right now heating with the same energy added equalling 5 Hiroshima bombs PER SECOND! That are the sickening facts!

[@travelmates1]

Matt, even in South Africa you are a well known legend amongst petrol-heads! Keep up the good work!

[@mudauzwivhuya3201]

As a South African 🇿🇦 😂 we catching hands from matt 😂

[@damem.1178]

What's the deal @ 8:50?

[@Aya-qh1lc]

This guy is exposing us😂😂😂

[@tebogotolo5136]

😂😂

[@bonganiphewa1144]

😂

[@kiohaha]

Come on huya3201 what did he mean at 8:50 ??

[@lifeinsidekyoto6553]

Love how Matt intentionally causes traffic just to demonstrate how big the turning circle is haha.

[@22vx]

Mat

[@antonioporra7210]

Lol Matt put South Africa on the map for a change, We are Proud and happy that we are contributing to something.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Antonio Porra, seems like even in Egypt, Egyptian people are happy to own a pickup truck like Amarok.

[@antonioporra7210]

@@purwantiallan5089 Wow So great to hear that

[@gotgamegod4143]

Your no,1 South African viewer since 2016 Matt, waited all that time for koenigsegg 😂 and still here for that awesome reviews and epic drag races

[@stanleyngobeni1291]

For the first time I see you review a car we long had in South Africa. Normally we see them here on your channel before our SA roads

[@mongezitone6047]

I was asking myself the same, Until he mentioned that it is built in SA.. 👌

[@hassyg4083]

toyota hilux is better

[@Mike-zx1kx]

Not many left that have conscious to buy such a car, at least in Europe. Through the great gift to humanity, glaciology, we now have a YEAR BY YEAR knowledge of the planets atmospheric Carbon content (and much more) for a period more than 10 times longer since Homo Sapiens left the African continent the first time. For over 850.000 years our atmospheric Carbon content have been relative stable at 220 PPM. 3 times in the 850.000+ years have gigantic widespread global volcanic eruptions raised the Carbon content with 30 PPM and EACH time it have triggered longterm climate changes for a very long time before the planets regulating systems slowly have been able to bring it down to 220 PPM again. It are truth to state that a atmospheric Carbon content of 220 PPM created us and nearly all living species present on the globe with very few exceptions. Besides the Asteroid that hit Yucatan 66 million years ago the largest species extinctions we have been able to document have happened during the 3 times the atmospheric content rose with 30 PPM. Since the Industrial revolution, just a few hundred years ago, we have raised the atmospheric Carbon content from 220 PPM to now (2022 number) 417 PPM! So humans NOW have caused not a 30 PPM rise but unprecedented 197 PPM! We are right now in the largest species extinction period since the Asteroid hit Yucatan 66 million years ago! The worlds oceans are right now heating with the same energy added equalling 5 Hiroshima bombs PER SECOND! That are the sickening facts! The energy content in liquid green hydrogen are much higher than in gasoline! Green hydrogen are made with electricity from sun or wind and water and when green hydrogen are burned it only emits......wait for it......Water! Please change. Tipping points have begun to tip. NOW or to late! WE are OUT OF TIME!

[@Khaosgaming555]

Another South African over here. Glad to hear you like the truck, even though I am not a big fan. Definitely know what you mean about dash cams. 🤣

[@kgaugelomaimela1851]

😂😂😂 our accidents on the road and VW Polo drivers catching hands from blue light brigade

[@gwetsapm]

Mat I've always thought UK was the dashcam capital, we only adopting the trend. But I must say, SA drivers are on the other level especially double cab drivers. They are always in a hurry.

[@Yashuop]

Raise your hand if you've been watching carwow for a long time🤚

[@mrwolf9913]

🙋

[@vincentbob9534]

🤚🏾

[@brendan_creator]

im sick of your robot comments every yt video i watch

[@kaciidir9522]

🤚🤚🤚

[@ashtonbackup934]

Raise your. Hand if you think this is a bot

[@kfrankie6912]

I have been watching is channel for a very long time. This is the first time i see MATT wear an actual watch. That IWC is a great watch.

[@Kelveron]

3:31 "it's much easier to grab a knob".... I'd never argue with that!

[@martyp2138]

Nice review of the new Amarok. If going for the new model, I'd just go ahead and get the Ranger. From the old model, the interior soft touch dash and door cards are a definite improvement - can take or leave the big screens etc. However, the old V6 is more powerful stock and becomes insane for a pickup when worked on (definite contender for a remapped raptor). In addition, average around 38-40MPG easily driving the VAG V6 with just shy of 600 miles out a tank, low 30s if driving harder which really isn't required given the torque low down and speed limits on roads.

[@michalrajnic758]

It looks really nice, I had the previous Amarok V6, which was superb. The 3.0 V6 diesel in this one is the latest iteration of the troublesome 2.7/3.0 Lion engine developed by FoMoCo and PSA. It helped to considerably damage Land Rover's unreliable reputation when applied to the Range Rovers and Discoverys. Lots and lots of info online. I hope they managed to address the issues, but I wouldn't be surprised if they persist. Otherwise a lovely car and hopefully will be reliable for its future owners.

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

Being American, trying to keep track of the worldwide Ranger situation, let alone the engines is so confusing lol. Is that the 3L Powerstroke Diesel, or a Duratorq...?

[@Paradoxical124]

Ford has done heaps of things to the engine to most likely fully emit the issues that the range rovers had.

[@Mike-zx1kx]

US media have completely failed the American population. How come not every Americans at this point know the following critical facts. Through the great gift to humanity, glaciology, we now have a YEAR BY YEAR knowledge of the planets atmospheric Carbon content (and much more) for a period more than 10 times longer since Homo Sapiens left the African continent the first time. For over 850.000 years our atmospheric Carbon content have been relative stable at 220 PPM. 3 times in the 850.000+ years have gigantic widespread global volcanic eruptions raised the Carbon content with 30 PPM and EACH time it have triggered longterm climate changes for a very long time before the planets regulating systems slowly have been able to bring it down to 220 PPM again. It are truth to state that a atmospheric Carbon content of 220 PPM created us and nearly all living species present on the globe with very few exceptions. Besides the Asteroid that hit Yucatan 66 million years ago the largest species extinctions we have been able to document have happened during the 3 times the atmospheric content rose with 30 PPM. Since the Industrial revolution, just a few hundred years ago, we have raised the atmospheric Carbon content from 220 PPM to now (2022 number) 417 PPM! So humans NOW have caused not a 30 PPM rise but unprecedented 197 PPM! We are right now in the largest species extinction period since the Asteroid hit Yucatan 66 million years ago! The worlds oceans are right now heating with the same energy added equalling 5 Hiroshima bombs PER SECOND! That are the sickening facts! When BOTH US´s parties receive the majority of their income from corporations they both sell their opinions for next term long before the voters turn up. Stop the insane lobby laws that judiciary would be defined as corruption in ANY EU nation! Politicians tend to serve those that pay their wages and that should be the American taxpayers. To expensive for them not to! The electoral college are undemocratic by design and although it might served a stabilising purpose when introduced it today deny the American democracy to earn it´s credibility to be just that. A democracy are built on a one man one vote, that counts, principle. You deserve better USA. You deserve the option of voting for those you like rather than having to choose your least worst candidate. You deserve a multi party democracy with a single parliament. A democracy based on 1 man 1 vote, that counts! THEN you will suddenly see that your REAL problems CAN be dealt with and solved while you laugh all the way to the bank! The ROI on a off shore windmill park are now below 6 years. That are an absurd good investment! Combine with green hydrogen production and forget all about stupid batteries. The energy content in liquid green hydrogen are much higher than in gasoline! Green hydrogen are made with electricity from sun or wind and water and when green hydrogen are burned it only emits......wait for it......Water! Please change or yu will have the power to drag an entire planet down with you. An American emits more CO2 than 10 Indians, just to give an example. And that are based on number excluding aviation and you fly more than other. It are based on own production and consumption meaning that all your imports CO2 emissions when produced are counted in those nations CO2 emissions. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE or we all die out eventually. Tipping points have begun to tip. NOW or to late! WE are OUT OF TIME!

[@frostygamer3218]

You can thank the Australians for the ranger 😉

[@motorpolitan8884]

​@@frostygamer3218And Thais for assembling it.

[@cyphurday]

MATT I’ve been waiting so long for you to do a review on this… youre honesty in your vids are crazy keeps me entertained haha keep it up..

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agree. Seems like feels waiting for 1 year for that.

[@cyphurday]

@@purwantiallan5089 he didn’t wanna fly to SA to review it for the same reason there’s a usb port in the rear view mirror for dash cams 😂😂

[@MarkGachucha]

You should do an off-road challenge: Hilux Vs Amarok Vs Ford Raptor. The battle of the pickup trucks.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Hilux vs Corolla WRC vs Amarok vs Renault 8 Gordini?

[@facetubelive1]

Sout out to SA 🇿🇦. Here we are the Carwow fan boy

[@atasoymustafa]

Would an OFF-ROAD challenge among Toyota Hilux, VW Amarok, Ford Raptor and Mercedes X come?

[@tuerkischermeister]

As a watch enthusiast Mat's IWC Ingenieur stole the show for me! What a great watch, we watch nerds love it when a watch and its owner exude this ''bang on!'' sentiment. Wear it in good health and happy times, and the truck was more impressive than I thought!

[@purwantiallan5089]

Amarok is like Ford Ranger that has grown 250kgs in weight.

[@sirsarif3572]

Actually there is a single cab version of the Amarok..maybe not in the UK

[@hedydd2]

I agree. This is because in recent years the single cab and two wheel drive versions collectively took about 1% of total sales. Personally I would take an extended cab with the mid-length loadbed but not a single cab pickup. Indeed that would be my preferred option but nobody stocks them any more in the UK and they are factory order only. Indeed Ford make them but they don’t offer them in the UK currently just as VW do not offer the basic single cab work truck. They would be competing with the likes of Isuzu for a tiny margin. Remember that Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Fiat and Mercedes used to offer pickups in the UK and Europe but have given up the market.

[@reonpetersen5949]

Thanks for mentioning South Africa and yes we agree with you mate,you're the best at what you do.

[@mohammedshezaadboots1934]

I'm here to confirm that your South African viewers know EXACTLY what you mean 🤣

[@neophago3439]

I don't get?!😢

[@EGoRBHD130]

Would love to see your in-depth take on the New Ranger Raptor. Especially since you've driven crazy stuff like the Mammoth.

[@AIl2ji]

Aa

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@AIl2jithe VW AMAROK looked like downgraded Ford F150 for some reasons.

[@jamiep61]

I enjoyed watching the Video Review. One of the best New Pick-Up Trucks 😊

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yes. But still nowhere near compared to 2008 Ford Super Chief Truck Concept.

[@SimonSnorr]

This is literally just a Ford Ranger with a higher price point.

[@Paradoxical124]

And it’s not as good.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@Paradoxical124it is considered to be far worse version of Ranger or Ford Super Chief Truck Concept. LOL. 😂

[@geertromain]

Correct. And if this was a real car review channel - instead of just a paid marketing money grabbing channel - they would have least had some comparison. But then that twat would probably lose access to all the events he's being paid for by constructors, so not gonna happen. #mattthesellout

[@jakesagar1735]

apart from the different exterior, interior, suspension, headlights, speakers, 5 year warranty, 5 year servicing and breakdown cover

[@Presto_001]

Great to see you reviewing practical cars that you see more people buying (i.e. New A Class, Prius and now this). I don't know if this is irrelevant in the UK but a tow test from a few 4WD's would be cool to watch.

[@AVIATIONEUROPE340]

Towing is definitely relevant in the uk

[@matthewhunte1450]

Nice review as usual. Can you please do a review of the performance on the old vs the new

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agree. Like Honda S800 and Honda Integra Type R DC5?

[@gordonnorris4202]

Just compare Ford Ranger with the Old amarok...as they are the same car...just a copy

[@jakesagar1735]

the 2023 amarok with the new v6 doesn't throw you back in the seat like the old v6s but it's a much nicer truck

[@SuperG4ndo]

In the Netherlands we are not allowed to drive Pick Ups due to very high taxes.

[@RobbieFitzgerald]

As a Canadian, its wild to me that you would call this a large truck.

[@UNCLEBGA]

And just under $99,000 cdn?? Am I doing the math wrong?

[@AK_Edits_47]

Now we need offroad competition 💯

[@tinomutendasheshumba1818]

Include the dmax please

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@tinomutendasheshumba1818include also the VMAX and MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CYBORG R.

[@Presto_001]

​@tinomutendasheshumba1818 Yeah, a DMAX vs. Amarok vs. Ranger vs. Hilux vs. Ineos Grenadier vs. Jeep Gladiator off road battle would be awesome!

[@realGabCassim]

Shout out from South Africa! You'll definitely need that dashcam. VW's are high risk here

[@mb-watches]

Extra like for the Ingenieur 😁🙏🏻 Would go for the Ford ranger though, even as a German, somehow I like the design more.

[@unwoke1652]

Badge engineering was invented by GM in 1931. Toyota does it very often, rebadging anything from BMW to Daihatsu, Isuzu, Subaru, Suzuki, to name a few. They have used engines from GM, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, Isuzu, etc. Even Yamaha gave them that fantabulous Lexus V8. Quite a complex reputation.

[@Rehlotse]

Hilux is still KING here in South Africa 🇿🇦.

[@clevaanessop8816]

Thanks Mat for the kind words. All the way from South Africa

[@albertschreuder7648]

There are plenty of pick up trucks build in South Africa for local and export markets, including the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger, Nissan Navara, Isuzu D Max, and Mahindra also has local assembly of some pick ups.

[@andile-mbhele]

Representing South Africa 🇿🇦. Love your work Matthew

[@its_kay_08]

I’d Genuinely love to see The Off-road Test with its Key Competitors

[@mduduzimpilo4559]

As a South African viewer i 100% know what u are talking about 🥴🥺💯

[@sdcraig]

Stay safe 😂

[@charlesmakhubele659]

Trust me i have watched more than 10 reviews of this car but this is the best review ever,carwow is the best.. and i think we need more of these kinds of review

[@lennardro5501]

the way he killed that fly 😂

[@smksukcdc]

So the VW Amarok is a Ford, the Mazda BT-50 is an Isuzu, and the Mercedes X-Class used to be a Nissan. It's almost as if some companies shouldn't bother making pick-ups.

[@mthokozisimyende787]

This just proves South Africa rules the world 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@IM-bp6uc]

What surprised me was in an Australian comparison they said that the most comfortable one in the backseat is the Amarok while the Ranger was only third in the question... I just didn't really enjoy this console and the Volks panel!

[@loydsambo5606]

Hi Matt I'm watching in South Africa 🇿🇦 You're Number One In The world No one Like You.

[@Tbiddz1]

Currently driving the ranger. Seems a really nice all round package. Ive not timed a 0 to 60 but the ford unit feels strong considering the weight.

[@maxi2813]

2L or 3L

[@Tbiddz1]

@@maxi2813 2l

[@davidcottle7346]

The ranger is much better put together period

[@Tbiddz1]

10k in and still brilliant

[@rayrooney1]

I have this model and it’s pretty good, massive at first but after a week of driving it it’s much more manageable. And if you’re gentle it will do 30-32 mpg on a long journey. Towing is effortless with the v6, 3 plus ton easily.

[@hedydd2]

Are you sure about the lack of availability of the Raptor’s rear coil springs? The top Adventura model has the Raptor’s reduced payload of around 650kgs which makes me suspect that it has coils but with a luxury road emphasis rather than sporty offroad as with Raptor. The disadvantage of the reduced payload is that it prevents HMRC classifying them as ‘dual purpose vehicles’ which means that they do not qualify for VAT repayment which immediately makes them uncompetitive for VAT registered business buyers. All variants are limited to 10mph lower speed limits than cars or car-derived vans on UK ordinary roads and dual carriageways, respectively down to 50mph on A and lesser roads and 60 on dual carriageways. They can all do 70 on motorways of course unless otherwise indicated or towing a trailer.

[@TheDrago1882]

On the money, very poor from VW. Can’t see them selling many Aventura’s

[@zstation64]

Going by any Ranger/Amarok I've encountered on the road, they're doing at LEAST 15 over the speed limit at all times.

[@ThabangKhumalo_]

I watch all the episode and i must say… as a South African, it’s probably the first time i feel proud of a mentions🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@gerryroetsYosi]

Matt if you guy's have the gwm (great wall motors) p series LT 4x4 the top of the range bakkie/ light truck. Test it, review it, even off road. Check it out. Awesome futures, stuff you get in mercedes s class.

[@hedydd2]

Great Wall did offer a pickup in the UK some years ago but it was a terrible machine and they sold very few. They pulled out of the UK when emission controls tightened I believe.

[@krevo6c]

Sad to see that this is not a updated version of VW's own platform. And that no engine is made by VW as well. Might as well go get a Ford Ranger right away.

[@CarsDrivenSA]

Been waiting for this one👌👌

[@Darko_Milosevski03]

I love this truck Also, jay Leno wearing Lederhosen, which is something I would watch

[@Valentin1238]

Tbh for most people who actually want a work vehicle a used vw sharan would be much more practical and a lot cheaper.

[@ernestmbada5277]

Huge fan of Carwow from South Africa 🇿🇦🖤🙌Proud of that Amarok bakkie made in S.A

[@filippo8495]

I *H A T E* that these are becoming popular here in Europe. They're massive so absolutely inadequate for European city centres, which the owners somehow think it's a good idea to drive in with, they're far more inefficient than the vans we already have therefore pointless, and outright dangerous for pedestrians. I can't wait to have these added to the list of vehicles banned from traffic-restricted zones.

[@sprucelodge]

This is just the start of the vw / Ford collaboration can’t wait to see the new transporter / transit , it’s end of an era for vw commercials , RIP

[@LexusLFA554]

When will it be drag raced against the older Amarok so that one can win again xD

[@purwantiallan5089]

What about a drag race between the Amarok and 1972 Ford Mustang Boss 302?

[@LexusLFA554]

@@purwantiallan5089 The Mustang Boss 302 will sound lovely for sure :) Just don't bring the Cruise'O'Matic version from TDU2 and you will be golden.

[@tumisomodise5606]

Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦, glad to hear SA being mentioned.

[@TheHayabusa09]

Here in OZ, we also get the option of a 2.3L, turbo 4-cylinder petrol as in the Ford Mustang. Standard it puts out 223kws, with local tuners already 'flashing' to 260kws (350HP!!)

[@arimpour8207]

Give me the coyote and I am in my man !

[@CM.243]

Naughty Matt, very naughty. The speed limit in this truck on dual carriageways is 60mph, so you really shouldn't be testing the acceleration from 40-70mph!!!!

[@chartreux1532]

The VW Amarok is a great Pickup Truck, at least the previous Models are and you see them everywhere here in the Bavarian Alps, often used off-road and to carry Timber etc. Hope this one is also or at least just as great as the previous Models Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@sashoxxx]

Hilux is just waay better.

[@leobrandstetter596]

Ich komme aus Traunstein und habe noch nie einen gesehen 😂

[@citaron]

Die meisten kaufen sich bald Ranger, der Amarok ist fast identisch, kostet aber 10k€ mehr. Und der Ranger hat USPs wie die Knöpfe für die Klima und ProPowerOnboard.

[@t-bone9239]

@@leobrandstetter596jeder zweite Förster und Landwirt hat einen

[@recordedanemone6399]

"though it's a pickup, they all look rather similar don't they" Congrats Mat, you've just started a war

[@CynicalBastard511]

I'd rather have the actual Hilux. More reliable and has better resale value.

[@matthewp9015]

But worse performance, comfort, technology and design.

[@hassyg4083]

@@matthewp9015 reliability of toyota lower running costs

[@bmstylee]

​@@matthewp9015the amount of useless tech is why cars are becoming more and more unaffordable and at least for a truck less functional. That bed is a joke. Toyota has is right with the Tacoma. Quad cab and a 6' bed.

[@mdubayeni8731]

Proudly South African 🇿🇦❤

[@letsgobrandon5800]

I’d get the diesel version of that. It’ll be one of the last diesels ever available.

[@Mitchdd6]

South African viewer here👋🏾 been watching for 5 years

[@mahlatsedikgale9861]

You should race it against the previous gen V6 Amarok

[@moviehub-abishek1086]

7:01 cannon effect 😂

[@hachapuri1229]

Matt, you call it the German Hilux, but does to live up to this title? Does it have the legendary reliability of the Hilux?

[@unwoke1652]

South Africa 🇿🇦 has the world's best car factory. It has won that award many times. It is the Mercedes-Benz plant in East London, that had built Heckflosse, S Klasse, several other models and exporting C Klasse to many markets abroad. That is where Nelson Mandela's S Klasse was built.

[@jimmarape6809]

It held up it's status in South African as the most expensive pickup truck, I wonder if this iteration will still hold.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. In South Africa it costed $150.000.

[@bofelo_last]

Those who didn't get the dash cam joke Well South Africa is the honey and milk land of hijacks and crime 😂😂 So those do really come in handy

[@Rocinante_1980]

Yip it’s a broken crime ridden black hole of a country. Exactly why I left it a year ago.

[@eumarcoslo]

you should comment about the transmission and axle problems present on previous versions. The second point is that what countries this version is able to sell and if they intend to go all around the world!

[@mfromaustralia1]

What problems ? Mine has never missed a beat.

[@bwarey52]

Interesting to see what these two manufacturers come up with when they develop the EV version, should be the first mass market midsize with 3.5 ton towing capacity

[@ianking529]

EV's just not viable towing 3.5 tons, just look at ICE mpg degradation due to drag. Where would you recharge en-route with a caravan?

[@bwarey52]

@@ianking529 In the UK with livestock most farmers don't tow any further than 40 miles from base and the vast majority of builders and contractors are operating well within the range of a good sized Ev.

[@perrysolomon6020]

I can't believe VW partnered with Ford...VW quality is so good and Ford is so bad

[@cbeesham]

South African viewer here🙋‍♂️

[@amalajay5989]

Have they finally upgraded their cam for Mat or is that just an effect of a bright sunny day?

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agree man

[@thapelo8830]

7:01 The mirror made a Spider-man Prowler villain theme song😂😂

[@rxjeev3874]

Great review like always 👍🏽

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agree. Seems like Carwow reviews always done the justice.

[@jaikhatri1780]

Nice to see Mat’s switch from smart watch to IWC ingenieur.

[@Blade43]

In Australia we only get 2 engines, the V6 diesel and a 4 cylinder 2.3L turbo Petrol, the 4 cylinder is quicker than the V6, but it only comes in the top spec model, no cheaper versions are offered.

[@jonnyjones1292]

And at £57k that’s nearly $109k AUD 😱

[@Blade43]

@@jonnyjones1292 No it’s just under $80k AUD + on road costs (approx $85k drive away) it’s the same price as the V6 in the top spec, apparently the 4 cylinder is borrowed from the Mustang.

[@hassyg4083]

i would think the australians prefer the toyota hilux

[@jonnyjones1292]

@@Blade43 yeah exactly I’m in Oz too the Brits getting ripped

[@jonnyjones1292]

@@hassyg4083 just ahead of the model Y last month!

[@VickGeek]

The New Flask Transition 🙌🏻 anybody else noticed it ?

[@IM-bp6uc]

I think you can't help noticing that it's a Ranger, this side already delivers... even the front side already reminds me of the Volks design... but at least on the German one you can tell it's new and not just another restyling as it happens in the Ranger... it may not even have been bad only when they point out that it is a new generation I really hope that it is all new and in the Ford it seems that only the front design is new, and the side panels, but they just being readjusted with a new format, I don't doubt that the whole structure is the same and in my view this can't be considered new!

[@leonkruger9109]

Great South African joke😂 you are spot on, Matt

[@perhelgeegge4077]

i think the previous version of the amarok is better with the 258 hp v6 and not so heavy to

[@applejuice5272]

First-gen Amarok used VW's 2,967 cc V6 - second-gen uses the same 2,993 cc V6 as Jaguar and Land Rover used to offer

[@vjbadawy]

It actually isn’t a rebadge. VW & Ford partnered to design the car from the ground up. Ranger was just released first.

[@atharvguptaorigami596]

Mat gives the best reviews

[@tonyjeffery4435]

Best looking amarok to date but I can’t help but feel the fact Ford make it it’s going to take a massive it on quality

[@joxzoom]

A Amarok V6 do Brasil faz de 0 a 60 Mph em 8 segundos.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Vamos. Amarok faz de 0 to 60mph in 7.98 segundas in Indonesia.

[@Jack-ts6yk]

I much prefer the old Amarok. Could easily mistake this for a hilux

[@francismoletsane182]

Good one, Matt! We (South Africans) know exactly what you mean about dash cam!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IM-bp6uc]

Just a question, I prefer this Volks design because it seems more aerodynamic to me than the Ranger wall front, but is there a difference between them? What is the best aerodynamics?

[@eDENTECHNOCYBERHUB]

YOUR BIGGEST KENYAN FAN RIGHT HERE, 14/07/2023

[@hedydd2]

The gear lever is actually very easy to use and is really versatile, allowing high gear limit, visibility of gear selected and manual operation. Granted that paddles would supplement it nicely of course.

[@brad0973]

Do you know if there’s a Sports Mode in the amarok? I know the Ford has a Sports Mode.

[@hedydd2]

@@brad0973 There is no Sports Mode in the Ford latest generation 10 speed, but Tow/Haul mode has a similar effect and puts it into 4A, although it can be deselected individually to 2wd if desired.

[@jakesagar1735]

​@brad0973 no there's no sport mode in the 2023 amarok but there's lots of other modes

[@Juniour_Hloni]

In south africa ,most of these pick up trucks spend most of their life transporting the kids to school and going around town. That sort of stuff. These kind of vehicles are now bought to be used as you would use any other normal car. People don't offroad them much

[@kondjanegongo796]

Im assuming Matt is refering to dash cams in South Africa and getting hijacked?

[@jjcastleberry3662]

I thought so!! reminds me of when Mazda sold a rebadged Ford Ranger. You should of flown across the pond to Utah this month. Ford allowed the Car Reviewer types to run the Raptor around the dirt/mud tracks.