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| posted on November 27th, 2008 at 07:14 AM |
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New VW 1-tonne pickup
VW's new 1-tonne pickup, known as the 'Robust', will be built in Argentina. It is a body-on-frame design, to be fitted with VW's range of modern
common rail turbo-diesel engines.
It will be available in 4x2 and two 4x4 versions - a Toyota-style old-fashioned system for rounh off-road work, and a VW 4Motion system for combined
highway/off-road use. It will be sold in cab-chassis, single, double and crew-cab versions.
It is slated for sale in South America, South Africa and Australia from the end of 2009, so it's coming here!
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| posted on November 27th, 2008 at 07:25 AM |
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I'm not really a man for utes, but that looks sick!
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| posted on November 27th, 2008 at 09:24 AM |
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I think it looks like a Toyota Hilux so i think thats why the aussie one is going to have running gear like a Toyota hilux,
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| posted on November 27th, 2008 at 10:50 AM |
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No details yet on which versions Australia will get; we could get both the old transfer case/locking hubs version and the high-tech 4Motion version,
together with the 2x4 version (rear drive only).
Yes it looks like a Hilux, but then all the other Jap utes do too. At least this one is a Volkswagen design, unlike VW's last ute of this type. VW
actually assembled Toyota Hiluxes under licence in Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1996, and sold them in Europe as the VW Taro. Now there is a collectable
Volkswagen!
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| posted on November 27th, 2008 at 01:16 PM |
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Good looking truck.... I want one!
67' deluxe
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| posted on November 27th, 2008 at 01:22 PM |
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Hi
Wow at least VW will now have a reliable late model car.
Steve
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| posted on November 27th, 2008 at 06:03 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Phil74Camper
VW actually assembled Toyota Hiluxes under licence in Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1996, and sold them in Europe as the VW Taro. Now there is a collectable
Volkswagen!
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Actually the 2wd were built in Hannover and the 4x4 versions in Sahara, Japan 
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| posted on November 27th, 2008 at 06:44 PM |
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I love hilux's & vw's...........
due for a new ute around then ...... mmmmmm ..... choices !!!!!!!!!!!!
Step up to get out !!!
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| posted on November 28th, 2008 at 04:16 PM |
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About time ! Ive allways wanted a vw for a work ute, SoThat gives me a Yr to save ,wonder what they will cost .
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| posted on November 28th, 2008 at 04:40 PM |
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Yawn, same ole same ole, was once a time when different makes looked different, if thats not Hilux styleing then I've never seen it. Yeah, I know,
the mechanicals will be VW, well maybe.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on November 29th, 2008 at 04:00 PM |
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Hi
Wow at least VW will now have a reliable late model car.
Steve
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if I wanted a reliable car, I'd still buy the toyota truck over that one. no offence.
I do like the idea of a VW 2wd truck though. you could build a trophy truck and put a W10 in it . 
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| posted on December 1st, 2008 at 12:22 PM |
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There's already such a thing, the VW Mortorsport Race Touareg, which has been competing in the Dakar since 2004. It won the European Rally this year
(which replaced the cancelled 2008 Dakar). Although it doesn't have a V10, it has a 209 kW 2.5-litre TDI. It is favourite to win the 2009 'Dakar',
which will be held in South America next year.
No relation to the proposed VW pickup truck.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/allarticles/280213/dakar-rally-2009-volksw...
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| posted on December 1st, 2008 at 01:23 PM |
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now thats a work truck // the redbull one
show us your gates
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| posted on December 1st, 2008 at 02:01 PM |
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yah, but it's not a trophy truck. 
I love the rallyraid cars, but trophy trucks are truly dumb oldschool grunt + rwd
very, very cool 
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| posted on December 1st, 2008 at 02:28 PM |
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Apparently the Miller racing team will be running VW Race Touaregs in the Baja 1000 next year so we'll see how they go. Don't the trophy trucks get
beaten by bikes in the Baja? The race 4WDs, the Touareg and Pajero, beat the bikes in the Dakar.
2WD trucks are too slow and fuel thirsty to have a hope in the Dakar, which is far longer ande tougher than Baja.
VWs are still cooler !
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| posted on December 5th, 2008 at 10:16 PM |
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You mean this one which is powered by the Q7 V12 TDI but has been modified for Baja use 
http://vwphaetonfan.blogspot.com/2008/11/los-angeles-auto-show-2008-baja-toua...
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 06:11 AM |
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That's the one. Awesome, hey ! I heard the news item about this and I put it in Zeitschrift in August, but I hadn't heard anything since. Why stuff
around with a V8 or a V10 when a V12 will do? And just check out that rear suspension.
Wow, great photos, thanks.
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| posted on December 10th, 2008 at 08:50 PM |
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i Love my gutlux, and my vw too but a Vw gutlux!
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| posted on December 11th, 2008 at 01:47 PM |
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You mean this one which is powered by the Q7 V12 TDI but has been modified for Baja use
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yeah, sure, like's there's any thing VW left beyond some of the shell and the engine. 
nice truck though. love the hydraulic bumpstops.
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| posted on December 11th, 2008 at 02:42 PM |
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i like the first red bull truck - looks fun, not top heavy either
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| posted on December 11th, 2008 at 09:39 PM |
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all the same truck. check the number on the side. 81.
dig that suspension travel, shame that had to put a live rear axle in the back though. typical yanks.
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| posted on December 12th, 2008 at 05:05 AM |
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Yeah, I often wonder about supporters of a particular make and then pointing to something like that and raising the flag, like thats a typical example
of their particular pride and joy. Sure is an awsom vehicle though.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on December 12th, 2008 at 06:50 AM |
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There's some strange arguments there.
How many standard 'Toyota' or 'Ford' or 'Chevrolet' parts are in the unlimited Trophy Trucks with those badges on them? They are all
custom-built by aftermarket engineering firms, not by Toyota, Ford or Chevrolet. And do you really think that Holden and Ford V8 supercars are really
'Holdens' or 'Fords' inside? The Dakar Race Touaregs ARE built by Volkswagen's Motorsport division in Hanover (with IRS). It's the Baja Touareg
that was built by Miller Racing (with the beam rear axle).
Anyway, are these the same VW 'enthusiasts' questioning the 'VW-ness' of this Audi-engined US-built custom VW Touareg, yet at the same time, have
been quite willing to suggest that Beetle or Kombi owners replace their VW engines with Subaru engines?
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| posted on December 12th, 2008 at 08:27 AM |
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My point exactly, same as I am hard pressed to call my buggy a vw although at least the mechanicals are 99% vw beetle.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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