DaveInDenver
Luddite
I beat they'll sell a ton of them. And they'll all have those silly bull bars and tail light grills and Predator step rails so they look aggressive at soccer practice.
VW production plans for a midsize pickup
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Buliwyf
Viking with a Hammer
Sheetrock and ply are delivered to your driveway for free. Even my f250 will never see that. But it was nice having the room when I moved. And I fill the bed with my yard every weekend for the past year. Landscaping is fun, not.
Betarocker
Adventurer
Would be more useful as an SUV body. Those 4' boxes are pointless.
Importing the Amarok would most likely require VW to pay the "chicken tax." A new truck manufactured in the US would circumvent that tax and keep prices competitive. Also look around you, 5' boxes are the norm. The NA market is going more and more to SUV/Truck/CUV, evidenced by Ford's move away from sedans.
DaveInDenver
Luddite
It's why Toyota built NUMMI in the 1990s, Tacomas are domestic trucks. Four door trucks aren't my thing but for a long time they were rare here and people clamored for the ones they saw overseas, so I don't think it's really unusual. The reason they existed I think in other places was they needed something substantial to carry people, thus 4 door trucks, body-on-frame trucks like Prado and Pajero, over poorer roads. The CUVs I see as just tall cars, even SUVs and "trucks" like the Honda and this VW, most vehicles really aren't trucks anymore. Other than pickups about the only vehicles that could still be called trucks are 4Runners and Tahoes. Even the Ford vans are unibody. Which alone doesn't mean anything since they have leaf springs and live rear axles. So the line is indistinct for sure. The Dodge van is front wheel drive, isn't it? I dunno, I guess traditional definitions and criteria don't really apply anymore.
Regcabguy
Oil eater.
Watching long wheelbase pickups try and park at Home Depot is fun.
The new front suspension cut 5.5' off of the turning radius.
Regcabguy
Oil eater.
My wife drives a Rogue and I tell her all the time its a modern station wagon. I dig station wagons though.
I think the Cherokee started to blue the line. Unibody, competent wheeler. This will serve most people's needs in a truck.
Anyway, there is an interested article on unibody vs frame in the mid-size truck market.
https://jalopnik.com/mid-size-trucks-dont-need-frames-1785674405
I think the Cherokee started to blue the line. Unibody, competent wheeler. This will serve most people's needs in a truck.
Anyway, there is an interested article on unibody vs frame in the mid-size truck market.
https://jalopnik.com/mid-size-trucks-dont-need-frames-1785674405
DaveInDenver
Luddite
vintageracer
To Infinity and Beyond!
This VW truck is just like the many of the other new Crossover vehicles available in the market today.
It's still a 4 door CAR without a trunk-lid!
Just like a 4 door car people purchased in the past and many PU buyer's today these same buyers will use this 4 door VW Truck for daily transportation and little else! (Calling this VW a Truck being generous)
Another variation on America's obsession with vehicles that are different than anywhere else in the world and that is reflected in the varied types of vehicles that are only available in the North American market.
It's still a 4 door CAR without a trunk-lid!
Just like a 4 door car people purchased in the past and many PU buyer's today these same buyers will use this 4 door VW Truck for daily transportation and little else! (Calling this VW a Truck being generous)
Another variation on America's obsession with vehicles that are different than anywhere else in the world and that is reflected in the varied types of vehicles that are only available in the North American market.
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s.e.charles
Well-known member
if I had a dog with a face like that, i'd shave his butt and train him to walk backwards
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/08/26/vw-atlas-tanoak-pickup-concept-driving-review-monterey-77539/
Autoblog has a chance to drive the Tanoak prototype/concept/show vehicle. They report a 1,000 kg / 2,200 lb carrying capacity and 7,000 lb tow rating. Lots of photos with the article.
Autoblog has a chance to drive the Tanoak prototype/concept/show vehicle. They report a 1,000 kg / 2,200 lb carrying capacity and 7,000 lb tow rating. Lots of photos with the article.
DaveInDenver
Luddite
Apples-to-squirrels. A 1 ton means it can carry 2,000 lbs of stuff in the bed and these numbers are payload, meaning cargo + passengers + fuel. Since it's a 4 seat truck you have to assume 800 lbs of that is people, another 175 is fuel in the tank. That's why a F350 has a payload capacity of 4,000 lbs or whatever it is.