The Volkswagen Amarok single cab will make its debut at the 2011 NAMPO Harvest Day in Bothaville, North West on 17 – 20 May 2011. Following the introduction of the double cab in 2010, the much anticipated launch of the single cab will complete the Amarok model range when its retail starts early in July 2011. To date, nearly 2 500 Amarok Double cab units have been sold.

“We have been overwhelmed by the positive response the double cab has received from our customers in the past six months. The imminent introduction of the single cab will push the Amarok product offering to the most competitive segment of the light commercial vehicles market where brand loyalty counts when buying decisions are made. The success of the double cab has laid a strong foundation for Amarok to be major player in the light commercial vehicles segment,” Jaco Steenekamp, General Manager of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

Once again this year, visitors to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ stand 144 will get an opportunity to meet the legendary ‘Supervan’, who is the Brand Ambassador of the Amarok. Sarel van der Merwe will take lucky visitors to the stand onto the off road course to experience off road capabilities of the Amarok.

Read our road test on the Amarok 2.0 BiTDI Double-Cab here.

The new Volkswagen Amarok will be premiered at the Nampo Harvest Day in Bothaville, North West on Tuesday, 18 May 2010. Nampo is the largest agricultural show in the southern hemisphere and nearly 60 000 people visit the show over four days.

“The Nampo show offers us an ideal opportunity to introduce the Amarok to the South Africa public. Visitors to the Nampo show are mainly farmers who are amongst our key target customers for the Amarok” says Graeme Birch, Marketing Manager of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

Visitors will have an opportunity to meet Sarel van der Merwe, the brand ambassador of the new Amarok, who will take a few some lucky visitors onto the off-road course to experience the Amarok. One of the Amarok support vehicles used in this years Dakar Rally will also be on display.

The Volkswagen Amarok double cab will be launched locally in the third quarter of 2010 and the single cab will be launched in the first quarter of 2011.