Vehicle
Volkswagen Amarok
The pickup, and two entirely unrelated vehicles across two generations. The 2010 Amarok is Volkswagen's own design with the 2.0 TDI and later a 3.0 V6 TDI. The 2022 car is a Ford Ranger built alongside it in South Africa, with Ford engines, Ford engine management and a Ford body-control architecture — so Ranger information applies to it and Volkswagen information from the earlier car does not. Establishing the generation is the whole first step.
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Generations
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2H 2010–2022
Volkswagen's own pickup with the 2.0 TDI and later a 3.0 V6 TDI — the last Amarok with Volkswagen engineering underneath.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- Volkswagen Amarok
- Engines
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- 2.0 TSI — petrol · 300 Nm (221 lb-ft)
- 2.0 TDI — diesel · 340–420 Nm (251–310 lb-ft)
- 3.0 V6 TDI — EA897 · diesel
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 8-speed ZF 8HP automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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NF 2022–present
A Ford Ranger under the badge, with Ford engines and Ford electronics — Ranger information applies and the earlier Amarok's does not.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- Ford T6.2
- Engines
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- 2.0 EcoBlue — diesel
- 3.0 V6 diesel — diesel
- 2.3 EcoBoost — petrol
- 3.0 EcoBoost V6 — petrol
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 5-speed manual · 6-speed 6R80 automatic · 10-speed 10R80 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
Service information
Information, not instruction
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