After losing 0 to 100km/h sprint race to VW Amarok in V6 and bi-turbo guise, Ford Ranger single turbo gets one over its Silverton sibling.
Volkswagen single turbo bakkie loses sprint race against its Silverton sibling.Ever since the Volkswagen Amarok has gotten into bed with the Ford Ranger, the VW bakkies have been winning the sibling rivalry despite running the same hardware.
It started at the top of the tree, if you take the Ford Ranger Raptor out of the equation which VW does not share. Here the 184kW/600Nm 3.0-litre V6 VW Amarok PanAmericana ran a 0 to 100km/h sprint time of 9.13 seconds compared to the 9.29 of the Ford Ranger in V6 Wildtrak guise.Moving on the 154kW/500Nm bi-turbos, the VW Life derivative clocked a sprint time of 10.38 seconds.
It was also a bridge too far for the Amarok, which fell by the wayside with a time of 12.47 seconds. It was however more than a second faster thanthe 110kW/400Nm 2.4-litre GD-6 Toyota Hilux Raider X
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