No plans for Amarok version of Ranger Super Duty: Volkswagen Australia

Volkswagen Australia said it has no plans to produce an ‘Amarok Super Duty’ using the same T6.2 underpinnings as its Ford Ranger Super Duty stablemate.

Late last year, Ford revealed the Ranger Super Duty designed for customers like farmers and tradespeople with heavy items to tow or put in the tray. Featuring a strengthened version of the T6.2 ladder chassis, the Ranger Super Duty has a seriously hard-yakka 4500kg braked maximum towing capacity, a 4500kg Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) and 8000kg Gross Combined Mass (GCM). The payload is up to 1982kg (for a single-cab model, excluding a tray).

Prices for the initial Cab Chassis Super Duty start from $82,990 before on-road costs (and tray), and a ‘style-side’ version is expected to be revealed by Ford Australia imminently.

Under Ford and Volkswagen’s platform-sharing agreement, the Amarok and Ranger are based on the same T6.2 chassis underpinnings, with the Amarok built at a Ford facility in South Africa before being shipped to Australia.

Volkswagen Australia said a version of the Amarok based on the Ranger Super Duty underpinnings was not in consideration.

“In essence, I would say no,” said a Volkswagen Australia spokesperson. “Different companies, whether they’re an alliance partner or not, will have different priorities.”

2026 Ford Ranger Super Duty

The brand also ruled out any VW version of the plug-in hybrid Ranger. While it is Volkswagen Australia’s best-selling model, Amarok sales softened in 2025, selling 5392 units – a drop of more than 35 percent year-on-year, and paling in comparison to the 56,555 Ford Rangers sold during the same period (Australia’s best-selling new vehicle for the year). Overall Volkswagen sales were 28,970 for 2025, down 20 percent on 2024.