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2019-03-29 Economy

Why Ford and Volkswagen Will Team Up on a Pickup

[Motley Fool] Volkswagen AG (NASDAQOTH:VWAGY) has signed a deal to develop a new pickup truck with Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), a VW executive said, and the two automakers may soon agree to cooperate on mobility services and autonomous-vehicle technology.

While Volkswagen and Ford confirmed last year that they are exploring a "strategic alliance" and said in January that a pickup and some commercial vans are in the works, it hasn't been clear exactly what else their alliance will entail.

The remarks by VW's commercial-vehicles chief, Thomas Sedran, reported by Reuters, are a signal to investors that a number of possibilities are still under discussion -- and at least one now seems to be nailed down.

About that jointly developed pickup.

While it's not familiar to most Americans, Volkswagen's commercial-vehicles division has offered a midsize pickup called the Amarok in some regions since 2010. The Amarok competes against trucks like Toyota's Hilux and Ford's Ranger in South America, Europe, and a few other regional markets around the world. Like the Ranger, it's available in several versions ranging from a simple work truck to a personal vehicle with some off-road ability.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-29 08:13|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Fordfegnugen?

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-29 08:18|| 2019-03-29 08:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Beat me to it.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2019-03-29 08:22|| 2019-03-29 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The Amarok competes against trucks like Toyota's Hilux and Ford's Ranger in South America, Europe, and a few other regional markets around the world. Like the Ranger, it's available in several versions ranging from a simple work truck to a personal ~~technical assault~~ vehicle with some off-road ability.

Posted by Frank G 2019-03-29 08:33|| 2019-03-29 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Because the Mazda/Ranger worked out so well.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-03-29 09:05|| 2019-03-29 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Are they going to make hippie trucks?

Posted by gorb 2019-03-29 09:57|| 2019-03-29 09:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, the Farfromsober.

"For the aspiring Boulder Colorado style student who must move after every semester, and needs something a bit larger than a 2004 Focus but not as large as a deplorable working man truck."

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-29 11:15|| 2019-03-29 11:15|| Front Page Top

#7 But will it float? Just asking for a state senator.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-03-29 11:19|| 2019-03-29 11:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe I misread. I thought somebody said Fartbomber.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-03-29 11:33|| 2019-03-29 11:33|| Front Page Top

#9 so will they change the dog on the current commercials to a German Sheperd?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-03-29 12:08|| 2019-03-29 12:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Because the Mazda/Ranger worked out so well.

Actually the Ford Everest/Endeavour (on the Ranger frame) isn't a bad little SUV. I'd be happy to see them available here in the US. Probably not enough graft for that, though.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-03-29 12:19|| 2019-03-29 12:19|| Front Page Top

#11 If you wife / girlfriend does not need a stool or stepladder to get in it, it's not really a pickup truck at all...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-29 12:28|| 2019-03-29 12:28|| Front Page Top

#12 That strongly suggests that the new Amarok will use the Ranger's platform and that it might well be built by Ford in the United States under contract.

Or in Mexico where VW actually has manufacturing plants.

Posted by Black Bart Sneanter2975 2019-03-29 14:54|| 2019-03-29 14:54|| Front Page Top

#13 The Amarok

That was the name of a Romulan warbird on Star Trek TNG, right?

Posted by Raj 2019-03-29 15:11|| 2019-03-29 15:11|| Front Page Top

#14 An early series title, wasn't it?
Amarok Time

Posted by Skidmark 2019-03-29 15:42|| 2019-03-29 15:42|| Front Page Top

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