Volkswagen's new Hilux, the Amarok

Mmegi correspondent DESMOND LESETEDI looks at VW's latest offering the VW Amarok as an attempt to undo Toyota's claim to Botswana as 'Toyota Country'

I invite you to look up the word "superlative" in the dictionary and I also guarantee you won't find a picture of the 2010 Toyota Hilux next to it. This is for one of two possible reasons. The first being that dictionaries are obsolete the moment the glue on their binding dries up - maybe even before. The second possible explanation is that the Hilux is just not that good. Here is a hint: the first explanation is very, very wrong. Let's find out why after the jump.

The view that most Toyota Hilux drivers will soon be terrorized by. The brand new VW Amarok - note the family resemblance in the head light kink - brings the VW Golf and Polo models to mind, and why not?, its a family affair!

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