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Volkswagen Amarok: Ultimate first-gen Walkinshaw particular hits the street

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Volkswagen and Walkinshaw’s fettled first-generation Amarok ute has formally reached the top of the street.

The 2600th instance of the W-Sequence Amarok this week rolled off the manufacturing line in Clayton, Victoria, forward of the next-generation Amarok’s arrival Down Beneath early in 2023.

The ultimate automotive was a W580SE, of which 99 have been produced.

In whole, Volkswagen and Walkinshaw produced 1419 examples of the W580S, 458 of the W580, 599 of the W580X, 99 of the W580SE, and 25 pilot and growth vehicles.

Though they haven’t confirmed the partnership will dwell on into a brand new technology, Volkswagen and Walkinshaw have signalled their curiosity in doing a model of the second-generation Amarok.

“This relationship has been massively profitable,” Volkswagen Business Australia director Ryan Davies has beforehand advised CarExpert.

“[Walkinshaw is] an important companion to cope with, there’s lots of mutual respect, and I feel we are able to undoubtedly make one thing the market desires with the brand new technology,” he stated.

The primary Walkinshaw-tuned Amarok didn’t seem till 2021, a decade into the outgoing automotive’s life cycle.

W580X
W580S

However Mr Davies stated this time, Walkinshaw-fettled fashions might seem inside within the first few years.

“These items take time, we undoubtedly wouldn’t be 2023, most likely late 2024 can be the earliest we might contemplate having one thing like that in market,” he stated.

As for the outgoing mannequin? Priced from $86,990 earlier than on-roads, the ultimate W580SE encompasses a 75W LED gentle bar, a spray-in tub liner, and Nappa leather-based seats with Walkinshaw headrest branding.

That’s atop the next gear, which is customary on the W580S: