New Volkswagen Amarok: a Ford Ranger with a different suit?

The synergies between Volkswagen and Ford can give the new Amarok a resemblance more than reasonable with the Ford Ranger which would result in significant cost savings in two models that have the greatest strength in the US market.

One of the main centers of interest in the current automotive world is the collaboration between Ford and Volkswagen . In addition to the electric platform, the two companies will jointly develop light commercial vehicles in the future. This includes the new generation of Volkswagen Amarok that would replace a current generation that is in its last moments of commercial life.

The new generation of Ford Ranger developed in Australia will serve as a base for the next Amarok. It remains to be seen whether the American model is merely a mirror in which to look at or give up some of its parts to Teuton. For example, it would be interesting to see if Volkswagen is betting again for its engine technology, where it has high-performance options both in diesel and gasoline, or whether it should instead incorporate the new technology Amarok EcoBoost or automatic transmission of ten relationships of an oval signature. Nor would it be ruled out that micro-hybrid technology with the 48-volt system, which, for example, would offer the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf, as well as other Volkswagen Group models, would come to recovery.

Be that as it may, it seems clear that Volkswagen is working piece by piece in the new Amarok, which will meet high-altitude competitors such as the Mercedes X Clbad the Nissan Navara the Toyota Hilux or the Mitsubishi L200 .

What he wanted to erase at one go from Volkswagen – his CEO, Herbert Diess, recently denied it – are the rumors suggesting a possible merger between them and Ford. The collaboration between the two entities is effective and will have more chapters in the future, but we need to move on, let alone move on.

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