2023 VW Amarok: First Australian deliveries begin

UPDATE, May 2023: Australian details

As the new Amarok creeps up on its Australian launch, new details have surfaced. Get all of it at the links below, and then continue scrolling to read Jez's international first-drive review.

May 12: New Amarok driven in Australia!

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April 19: New Amarok reaches Australia

With pricing for the Amarok confirmed in February, the German carmaker has received its first few utes for staff familiarisation and training.

The first arrivals are an Aventura TSI452 in light grey metallic and a Style V6 in clear white.

Customer deliveries will begin in May – a month later than anticipated – at which point all variants and powertrains, from $50,990 Core manual to the off-road focused PanAmericana V6 ($75,990), and top-spec Aventura petrol ($79,990) will be available.

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There’s plenty of customer excitement for the new Amarok, with Volkswagen registering 12,000 expressions of interest thus far for the Australian-designed, Ford Ranger-twinned (and South African-built) ute. Volkswagen believes the Style ($66,990-$70,990) will be the biggest seller of all the variants.

VW's local vehicle configurator has been updated to include the new Amarok.

“As the number one market for Amarok globally, our Australian-based designers have heard the feedback from our market’s cohort of owners and created a tougher, more dynamic and more advanced Amarok,” said Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles director, Ryan Davies.

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