Volkswagen Amarok engines
The first development experience of the engineers of the German concern Volkswagen AG in the field of utility vehicles is quite far behind other auto giants, and especially Toyota. The management of VW did not exchange for many years of careful eyeliner of the car to the top rung of the hierarchy, immediately presenting a luxury pickup to specialists and motorists.
History of the model
The fact that the first pickup truck will appear in the VW line of off-road cars and crossovers became known in 2005. A couple of years later, the outlines of the future first-born pickup truck appeared in the press. Serial Volkswagen Amarok saw the light in December 2009, at the motor show in Argentina.
"Lone Wolf", as its name sounds translated from the language of the Aleut Eskimo-Inuit, received several layout options:
- drive - full 4Motion, rear;
- number of doors in the cabin - 2, 4;
- complete set - Trendline, Comfortline, Highline.
On a wide cargo platform, you can place various tourist cargo, up to an ATV and a motor boat.
Only one generation of the car is officially presented, which was restyled in 2016. In the basic configuration, the Amarok looks impressive:
- 15-inch wheels
- cargo platform lighting system;
- antenna mounted in the side mirror;
- airbags;
- ABS, ESP+ systems;
- assistant movement on the rise and descent;
- full power accessories.
Being in the car is convenient and comfortable, as travelers are accompanied by a proprietary climate control system and a music computer with Hi-Fi acoustics. The cargo platform of the car can be performed in an open, closed or transformable version. Cunning craftsmen got to the point that they were able to convert a pickup truck with an open platform in the shape of a parallelepiped into a dump truck.
Engines for Volkswagen Amarok
The Volkswagen Amarok power plant is presented in only three versions. Two four-cylinder engines - turbocharged diesel engines with common rail direct injection system. The third motor (2967 cm3) is a new development of VW engineers. Engines cannot boast of high power ratings, and this is not required. After all, the main task of a pickup truck is to transport goods at low speeds in various road conditions, and not a breeze trip along trans-European highways.
| Marking | A type | Volume, cm3 | Maximum power, kW / h.p. | Supply system |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNFB | turbocharged diesel | 1968 | 103/140 | Common Rail |
| CNEA, CSHA | twin turbo diesel | 1968 | 132/180 | Common Rail |
| ND | turbocharged diesel | 2967 | 165/224 | Common Rail |
The turbocharger of the CNFB engine has a variable geometry. For the CNEA / CSHA motor, the designers provided for a tandem compressor unit, which allows increasing power to 180 hp. The cars are equipped with a 6-speed manual transmission.
Two-liter engines have high efficiency indicators: fuel consumption in the combined cycle is 7,9 and 7,5 liters, respectively. The power reserve is up to 1000 km between two fillings. Despite the fact that Amarok is not a city car, the level of emissions of harmful gases in the configuration with turbodiesels is quite low - within 200 g / km.
What after restyling
In 2016, the Volkswagen Amarok underwent a minor restyling. The car is equipped with three different drive options - full, rear and variable. The latter became available due to the installation of a cam clutch. The new Amarok is equipped with an 8-speed automatic transmission, thanks to which significant fuel savings are achieved. The permanent all-wheel drive of the eight-speed “automatic” is equipped with a Torsen center differential without a downshift.
The two-liter diesel engines from the Touareg were replaced by a new three-liter V6 engine:
- working volume - 2967 cm3;
- gross power - 224 hp;
- maximum torque - 550 Nm.
Three engine power options, hp/Nm: 163/450, 204/500 and 224/550. Assembled 224 hp the car consumes almost as much as in the combined cycle with a 2-liter engine (7,8 liters).
The camber angle of the cylinder block is 90°. Almost a ten-year operation cycle of a pickup truck has shown that even with modest speed characteristics, the power of two-liter engines is not enough to transport up to 1 ton of cargo (up to 3,5 tons in the version with a trailer) over long distances. Switching the Amarok to a V6 engine solves the problem of lack of traction at low revs. The change in the power plant added 300 kg of full load capacity to the car.
