Volkswagen Amarok: Final first-gen Walkinshaw special hits the road

Volkswagen and Walkinshaw’s fettled to start with-era Amarok ute has formally achieved the stop of the highway.

The 2600th example of the W-Series Amarok this 7 days rolled off the production line in Clayton, Victoria, ahead of the following-technology Amarok’s arrival Down Below early in 2023.

The remaining auto was a W580SE, of which 99 have been generated.

In whole, Volkswagen and Walkinshaw created 1419 illustrations of the W580S, 458 of the W580, 599 of the W580X, 99 of the W580SE, and 25 pilot and enhancement autos.

Despite the fact that they have not verified the partnership will live on into a new era, Volkswagen and Walkinshaw have signalled their fascination in performing a model of the next-era Amarok.

“This romance has been vastly successful,” Volkswagen Business Australia director Ryan Davies has formerly told CarExpert.

“[Walkinshaw is] a great husband or wife to deal with, there’s a ton of mutual respect, and I consider we can surely make some thing the market place needs with the new era,” he explained.

The initially Walkinshaw-tuned Amarok did not surface until finally 2021, a decade into the outgoing car’s existence cycle.

But Mr Davies stated this time, Walkinshaw-fettled models could appear inside in the to start with couple of yrs.

“These issues acquire time, we definitely wouldn’t be seeking at 2023, likely late 2024 would be the earliest we could think about possessing something like that in marketplace,” he said.

As for the outgoing design? Priced from $86,990 ahead of on-streets, the remaining W580SE capabilities a 75W LED light bar, a spray-in tub liner, and Nappa leather-based seats with Walkinshaw headrest branding.

That is atop the adhering to equipment, which is standard on the W580S:

• Walkinshaw tuned suspension (incl. front elevate)
• 20 x 9-inch ‘Clayton’ alloy wheels
• Pirelli scorpion 275/50 R20 tyres
• Moulded sports activities bar painted in human body colour
• One of a kind decals – bonnet & sides
• Wheel arch extensions
• Tuned twin exhaust method
• Walkinshaw grille
• Inside W580 branding such as plaque with construct quantity
• LED fog lights
• Exceptional entrance grille
• One of a kind reduced bumper inserts and fog light-weight surrounds
• Walkinshaw-branded headrests
• W580 carpet mats
• Bonnet protector
• W580 decal pack

• Branded exhaust recommendations
• Bonnet decals
• LED fog lights with cornering purpose
• Sail airplane with styling bar
• Front underbody styling factor
• Five-piece protecting tub liner
• Vienne leather-based interior trim
• 14-way energy-adjustable ErgoComfort front seats
• Entrance seat heating
• Satellite navigation
• Electric powered folding facet mirrors
• Colour driver’s multifunction display screen (MFD)

A lot more: Every little thing Volkswagen Amarok