Epic Overlanding in the V6 Amarok across Oman - Saying goodbye to the VW Amarok

As the current-shape Volkswagen Amarok comes to an end, we look back on a trip with the mighty V6 derivative through the desert land of Oman.

Oman. A country which truth be told, I knew very little about. What I did know is that is was sparse, dry, mountainous and with a particularly sandy interior. Before the arrival of the Amarok, a Volkwagen would likely not have been your first choice of vehicle for a three-day adventure here.

Back in 2018, Volkswagen invited Cars.co.za for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, and I was lucky to get called up to represent the company. VW was celebrating the latest Amarok, featuring a powerful 190 kW V6, which would be arriving in South Africa later that year.

Over three nights we traversed simply epic landscapes, radically steep roads, massive dunes, rocky river beds and delightfully, a natural wadi where we left the cars behind and went for a much-needed swim.

Over the course of the extremely hot and brutal trip, we didn’t have a single issue with any of the Amaroks in the group. We left feeling very impressed, and with wonderful memories.

The next generation of Amarok will be a Ford Ranger under the skin, and so this is the swan song of the Amarok as we know it. The new generation arrives in South Africa in early 2023.

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