What's Wrong With This Picture: Hungry Like A Wolf Edition
Published: June 29th, 2010
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What, you didn’t know that Amarok is Inuit for “Wolf”? Anyway, Forget Mahindra. Third-world compact diesel pickup fetishists can move their misplaced hopes for US-market salvation on Volkswagen’s Amarok. Not because VW is particularly likely to bring it to the United States, but because Auto Motor und Sport just posted a bunch of photos of the new single-cab version. Plus this sweet angle on the double-cab model. All this Eskimo wolf needs is a fire hydrant. And some magical way of passing EPA tests without an expensive diesel-scrubbing system. Not to mention a free pass on the Chicken Tax.
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Is that really a live axle and leaf springs back there? Sheesh. My 1994 Suzuki Sidekick has a more sophisticated (and damned durable) rear suspension design.
Turbo diesel six speed manual please... Leaf springs in a pickup? The horror!!! GRIN! I want a small 4-door truck but I'm not willing to put up with full size truck mileage. The small CUVs and p/u's are getting 35+ mpg in Europe with turbo dieels these days. A small four door truck is the only way I can fit a truck into my lifestye. Hauling our kids too often to be without a backseat and I don't want to drive a freight train (see my coworker's F250 4WD crewcab that does taxi and grocery fetching duty).