- 2022 Volkswagen Amarok pricing and specifications
- Alpine and Alpine Plus packages added, from Germany’s Seikel
- Limited-run kits add new suspension, protection, snorkal
- Priced from $6090 to $12,090 (including GST)
Despite continued stock shortages, Volkswagen Australia has introduced two new variations of its current-generation 2022 Volkswagen Amarok ute, before it is replaced by a new model next year: the Alpine packs.
Badged Alpine and Alpine Plus, the off-road option packages – developed by German accessory company Seikel, but approved by Volkswagen to retain the full five-year/unlimited-kilometre factory warranty – are available across Amarok V6 Core automatic, V6 Sportline, Highline and Aventura variants.
The packages will be available as early as next month – a delay from the second half of 2021 timing hinted at a year ago, when Drive exclusively revealed the Seikel accessories would be made available locally – with only 100 examples of each pack up for grabs.
In addition to the Alpine pack, Desert and Expedition packages were also discovered – though it appears some of the contents of these packs have been bundled into the Alpine and Alpine Plus packs. Drive has contacted Volkswagen Australia for more details.
Priced from $6090, the Alpine package adds a Koni Raid off-road suspension kit, inclusive of a 25mm lift, twin-tube front and rear shock absorbers, Eibach front springs, a new cast steel lower retainer for the front shocks, and top and bottom front spring plates.
The Koni Raid kit also includes a fully pre-assembled front strut unit, and a rear 25mm spacer with unique leaf spring brackets and extra supports/bump stops – plus a snorkel, and protective wheel arch cladding.
Opting for the $12,090 Alpine Plus package adds the contents of the standard Alpine package, plus rock sliders, protective door cladding, breather kits for the front and rear differentials, transmission and transfer case, as well as protection plates for the engine, transmission and rear differential.
Amarok V6 Sportline and Highline buyers can option an off-road tyre package for $1590, which includes five General Grabber AT3 all-terrain tyres (in a 255/60R18 112 H XL profile). This package doesn’t appear to be a limited edition.
No changes have been made under the bonnet, where the standard Amarok V6’s 3.0-litre turbo-diesel V6 is retained – developing 165kW/550Nm (or 180kW on overboost) in Core and Sportline trims, or 190kW/580Nm (200kW overboost) in the Highline and Aventura – with an eight-speed automatic gearbox and all-wheel drive.
The 2022 Volkswagen Amarok is now in its final year on sale – with the range largely unchanged for the new year, bar the introduction of a Black Edition special-edition variant earlier this year, and the launch of the Walkinshaw W580X off-road edition in the coming months.
The range continues to be affected by stock shortages, with an order placed today expected to be delivered around October.
An all-new 2023 Volkswagen Amarok is due in the first few months of next year, twinned under the skin with the new Ford Ranger – and employing Ford engines, according to details found by Drive.
2022 Volkswagen Amarok Australian pricing
- Amarok TDI400 Core manual – $45,890
- Amarok TDI400 Core auto – $48,890
- Amarok TDI500 Core manual – $50,890
- Amarok TDI550 Core auto – $53,890
- Amarok TDI550 Sportline auto – $57,990
- Amarok TDI580 Highline auto – $63,490
- Amarok TDI580 Black Edition auto – $64,090
- Amarok TDI580 Aventura auto – $73,990
- Amarok W580 auto – $73,490 (soon to be discontinued)
- Amarok W580X auto – $77,390
- Amarok W580S auto – $81,490
Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.
2022 Volkswagen Amarok Alpine package includes:
- Koni Raid Off-Road kit, which includes
- 25mm lift
- Front and rear twin-tube shock absorbers (with 70mm bore)
- Front Eibach springs
- Special lower retainer for front shock absorbers (cast steel)
- Top and bottom front spring plates
- Fully pre-assembled front suspension strut unit
- Rear 25mm spacer with special leaf spring brackets, and additional supports and bump stops
- Polyethylene snorkel
- Protective cladding (wheel arches)
2022 Volkswagen Amarok Alpine Plus package adds (over Alpine):
- Rock sliders
- Protective cladding for doors (and wheel arches)
- Breather kit for front and rear differentials, transmission and transfer case
- Protection plates for engine, transmission and rear differential
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