After setting a Guinness World Record for the fastest crossing of Australia’s ten deserts in an accessorised Amarok Style TDI 600, Volkswagen Australia has announced a special edition Amarok will be released to honour that achievement.
The Amarok ‘10 Deserts Edition’ will be available from Q2, 2025, as a limitededition, exclusive to the Australian market.
The feat that inspired the limited edition took place last year, when a three-man crew made up of German endurance driver and multiple record holder Rainer Zietlow, his compatriot Marius Biela and Australia’s Brad Howe crossed Australia’s ten deserts in an exceptional six days and 17 hours.
Leaving from Maree in South Australia, the trio drove in shifts, covering the Great Victoria, Great Sandy, Tanami, Simpson, Gibson, Little Sandy, Strzelecki, Sturt Stony, Tirari and Pedirka…