The Syncro was bought where roads run out and snow arrives: the 16-inch heavy-duty version, 2,138 of them, carried a tonne off-road with 246 mm of clearance, and the double-cab Doka took a crew as well.
The Taro gave Volkswagen a one-tonne pick-up for eight years by buying one from Toyota. The Amarok replaced it with a design of Volkswagen’s own, 830,000 sold in its first generation, about seventy per cent of Argentine output exported.
11984 – 2003
Syncro (1984–2003)
4 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERVans, buses and double-cabs converted at Graz.
21989 – 2026
Pick-ups (1989–)
4 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe Toyota-built Taro, then the Amarok from Pacheco, Hannover and Silverton.
Registry records · chapter 2
Sources
- Syncro: VW Commercial Vehicles celebrates 40 years of all-wheel drive — Motor1
- Volkswagen Taro — Wikipedia
- Volkswagen Amarok — Wikipedia
Working vehicles vehicles in the registry
8 records, oldest first.
Transporter Syncro (T3, 1984–92)1984–92 · Germany
T3 Syncro Doka1985–92 · Germany
T3 Syncro 16-inch (1987–92)1987–92 · GermanyT4 Syncro (1992–2003)1992–2003 · Germany
Taro 4×4 (1994–97)1994–97 · Japan
Amarok (2010–)2010 · ArgentinaAmarok V6 TDI (2016–)2016 · ArgentinaAmarok PanAmericana and Aventura (2022–)2022 · South Africa