[RealWire] Volkswagen Amarok will be Official Support Vehicle for Dakar Rally

Company: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
(http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/) 
Release summary: It is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no
matter how tricky: the Volkswagen Amarok will have to prove those claims
from January 2010 during the world's toughest rally.
Date of issue: 18th November, 2009
Contact: John Rawlings, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, +44 (0)1908
601478, john.rawlings@vwcv.co.uk  
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Volkswagen Amarok will be Official Support Vehicle for Dakar Rally

*	35 pickups to be used in the world's toughest rally
*	Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is the "Official Supplier" to the
A.S.O. 

It is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no matter how tricky: the
Volkswagen Amarok will have to prove those claims from January 2010
during the world's toughest rally. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
<http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/>  is the "Official Supplier" to the
Dakar Rally and a partner to the organiser, the Amaury Sport
Organisation (A.S.O.). The new pickup from Volkswagen will be the
Support Vehicle for the rally.  The organiser is to use 20 Amarok, with
a further 15 to be used as press and shuttle vehicles. 

>From 1st  to 17th January 2010, the Dakar Rally will also see four teams
from Volkswagen Motorsport <http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com/>  as
well as many other teams travelling 9,000 km through Argentina and
Chile. The rally starts and finishes in Buenos Aires. 

The Amarok will undergo an endurance test during the Dakar Rally,
because it will have to handle all the challenges of the demanding
stages: as the organiser's vehicle to reconnoitre the rally stages, as a
press vehicle and as a shuttle for the Volkswagen Motorsport team. 

Four of the Volkswagen Amarok from the A.S.O. fleet will get additional
off-road conversions for the trip, and four PanAmericana
<http://www.volkswagen-nutzfahrzeuge.de/int/en/models/multivan/ausstattu
ngsvarianten/panamericana.html>  multivans will also be used. 

"We are pleased to be able to use the Volkswagen Amarok as our Support
Vehicle, because the Dakar Rally demands the highest levels of technical
perfection, reliability and endurance - from our Race Touareg as much as
from the support vehicles.  The Amarok is exactly the right vehicle for
our team", explains Kris Nissen, Volkswagen Motorsport Director.  
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"The Volkswagen Amarok is Volkswagen's answer to the pickup and on the
Dakar Rally - one of the last great adventures for mankind - it will
have the chance to show what it's made of and to demonstrate its
flexibility and durability", adds Stephan Schaller, CEO of Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles. 

"Moreover, the Volkswagen Amarok is built in Argentina and South America
is one of the most important markets for this product, so taking part in
the 2010 Dakar Rally was an absolute must for us", stresses Schaller. 

The Volkswagen Amarok will be seen at the Dakar Rally in Argentina for
the first time and will then be launched initially in South American
markets, followed by Europe. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is entering
a new vehicle sector. 

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