Volkswagen has been talking about a pickup for the United States for years and yet you won't find one at a dealership. Pictured here is the Tarok, a conceptual truck introduced in April 2019 at the New York Auto Show. Nearly four years later, there's still no sign of a VW-badged workhorse as the new Amarok is not coming to North America. Nevertheless, the company hasn't given up on the idea, according to a statement made by VW CEO of America.
Speaking this week with journalists at the Chicago Auto Show where the 2024 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport made their debut, Pablo Di Si shared some preliminary details with Autoblog about a potential workhorse. He said it "would not be a combustion," and by that he meant a pickup would not be powered solely by a gasoline engine: "Let me define, electrified. It can be electric. It can be a plug-in. It cannot be a combustion engine. That's for sure."
