Amarok wins ‘manliest motor’ and best pick-up awards
The Amarok pick-up has received two more accolades during the last month: What Van? named it the ‘best pick-up of the year’, while Zoo magazine who crowned the double-cab pick-up ‘manliest motor’ in its 2011 Motoring Awards.
“The Amarok packs so much testosterone, other cars melt in its presence,” said Zoo magazine. “It's that manly, the brute can carry a tonne in the rear loading area, can tow over two tonnes and tackle angles up to 45 degrees.”
The Amarok has proved a huge success since arriving in UK Volkswagen Van Centre showrooms last year.
Its other achievements include winning the ‘best pick-up’ category in the British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards, replacing a 40-tonne excavator to demolish a 140-tonne steel chimney, and being a support vehicle in the challenging Dakar Rally.
“These awards are a great testament to the success of the Amarok since its UK launch”, said Mark Hopkins, Head of Marketing at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Although strong and powerful, the Amarok uses Volkswagen’s latest 2.0-litre common rail diesel engine to bring new levels of refinement and efficiency to the pick-up market, yet is just as powerful and more efficient than rivals that still use larger capacity units.
It also has some of the lowest CO2 emissions in the sector, and was the first to break the 200 g/km threshold.
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