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more about #vwpickup more comments → Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: VW Ridgeline? more » brandegee: No U.S. Amarok? The lucrative Mitsubishi Raider market will live on to fight another day. more » DoctorNine: Most Excellent! Now I can replace my Tacoma with a diesel that has less than 300% more displacement than I need really. Until now, if you wanted a d... more » vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in: When I sent a letter to VW requesting a new double-cab truck I should have been more specific. more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: In Mexico, there is a ute-like VW pickup still made. Wait, it's probably not very expensive or equipped with any luxury features...that'll never sell... more » weatherman: It's a good looking little truck, though I really can't say that I'll miss it here - I still have an unfavorable impression of VW's quality and value,... more » Alfisted: We're not getting VW's version of a truck with a pointlessly small bed? What is Inuit for "no great loss"? more » Elhigh: Another biggish truck with an itty tiny bed. If you're going to call it by an Inuit name, shouldn't it have the capacity to carry a useful amount of ... more » FrankGrimes: Me: "Hi I think we've met before..." Amarok:"Sorry I don't think we have." Me:"Ya I am almost certain I have seen you somewhere before." Amarok:"Ar... more » bmoreDLJ: All I see in that front-view photo is a great big bird being flipped at America. Hopefully they'll change their minds and jump into the pool with the... more » snapoversteer 'bout to get told: US lesbians will have to settle for the Ridgeline. more » Ash78, cube farmer: I wonder if they were going with a vague "loves rocks" angle in selling this across Latin America. Subliminable marketing or something. more » ciscokidinsf: Hopefully, the next generation generation of VW cars will be named with more inscrutable names, picked by IKEA designers. The VW Kwobo, VW Jankko, VW ... more » Ted St Clair: Poor truck, you know, some auto badges just don't belong on certain vehicles, case and point. I saw this picture and first reaction is whaaaaaa? Then ... more » Novaload: VW's Department of Naming Products Division needs a reshuffle. They've gone from simple, fun names like "Golf" (ok, that makes no sense, bad example) ... more » -
#newcars
VW Amarok Officially Shows Off Decidedly Un-Wolf-Like Face
The VW naming department is probably awesome. We're betting it goes like this: "Let's do drugs and read local-language editions of Encyclopedia Brittanica." And that's how the Inuit word for "wolf" came to name this new truck, the VW Amarok. More » -
#newtrucks
Volkswagen Amarok: Hungry Like The Wolf
We've finally uncovered the name of VW's as-of-last-we-heard-unnamed-or-maybe-something-more-robustly-named pickup truck. It'll be called the Volkswagen Amarok. In some dialects, the name means "loves stones" and in Inuit Eskimo, means "wolf." What? Das Germans didn't want to call it "Wolfenstein?" [PickupTrucks]
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#spyphotos
Volkswagen Pickup Robust-ly Runs... The Nürburgring?!
Volkswagen's out to exercise its future truck's ride and handling qualities. Although sometimes thought as being quite Robust, there's no word from VW whether the pickup broke the Ring's all-important 7-minute mark. [PickupTrucks]
