Not long ago, I have posted the new VW Amarok to be launch in Q2 2010 to Australia market [Refer to: 2010 Volkswagen Amarok coming to Australia in Q2 2010].

Just a few months before it goes on sale first in South America and then in Europe, followed by Australia and South Africa. The new Pickup Truck are being used as support vehicles in Dakar Rally across South America.

A total of 35 Amaroks are being used as support vehicles by the Volkswagen team and the official organisers, ASO, throughout this year's 5,600 mile event which started from Buenos Aires in Argentina on 1 January and will cross the Andes to Antofagasta on the Pacific coast in Chile, before taking a southern route to the finish back in Buenos Aires on 17 January.

"We are thrilled to put the new Amarok through its paces as part of this long-distance challenge, the world's toughest, before officially launching it on the market." said Stephan Schaller, CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.