Model year 2021 · 2H (2011–2022)

2021 Volkswagen Amarok specs

The 2021 Volkswagen Amarok tows 3,000–3,500 kg, carries 836–1,033 kg of payload, has 192–258 mm of ground clearance, weighs 2,007–2,244 kg at the curb and measures 5254 mm long, by configuration, per Volkswagen’s own documents. These are Volkswagen’s Australian-market figures.

We hold 8 configurations of the 2021 Amarok, and Volkswagen gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations: 8
Documents: 2

Core 4x4 TDI400 manual, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 2021 Amarok configuration

8 retail configurations sold in 2021, each with the figures Volkswagen publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Volkswagen gives figures for weights, dimensions, towing and clearance and angles.

20218 configurations · Australian figures

2021 Volkswagen Amarok 2H: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Ground clearance	Approach	Breakover	Departure	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight	Tires
Core 4x4 TDI400 manual	226 mm	28.0°	23.0°	23.6°	3,000 kg	1,033 kg	2,007 kg	245/70R16
Core 4x4 TDI420 automatic	226 mm	28.0°	23.0°	23.6°	3,000 kg	1,018 kg	2,022 kg	245/70R16
Core V6 TDI500 manual	192 mm	28.0°	23.0°	23.6°	3,000 kg	1,004 kg	2,076 kg	245/65R17
Core V6 TDI550 automatic	192 mm	28.0°	23.0°	23.6°	3,500 kg	989 kg	2,091 kg	245/65R17
Sportline V6 TDI550	192 mm	28.0°	23.0°	23.6°	3,500 kg	976 kg	2,104 kg	255/60R18
Highline V6 TDI580	192 mm	28.0°	23.0°	23.6°	3,500 kg	933 kg	2,147 kg	255/60R18
Aventura V6 TDI580	192 mm	28.0°	23.0°	23.6°	3,500 kg	836 kg	2,244 kg	255/50R20
V6 W-Series (W580 / W580S) TDI580	258 mm	—	—	—	3,500 kg	—	—	275/50R20

MakerSources: The Amarok brochure and specifications, Model Year 2021 (publication VWCAMARMY21, November 2020) · The Amarok V6 W-Series brochure and specifications (publication VWCAMARW580SPMY21, December 2020)

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 2021

The 2021 Amarok against the 2020, the previous model year we hold. Only what Volkswagen’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

Added: 3 configurations (Highline V6 TDI580, Aventura V6 TDI580 and V6 W-Series (W580 / W580S) TDI580).
Dropped: 5 configurations (Dual Cab 4x2 TDI420 automatic, Highline V6 TDI550, Highline 580 Black V6 TDI580, Ultimate V6 TDI580 and V6 580S TDI580).
Payload: 836–1,033 kg (2020: 836–1,155 kg).
Ground clearance: 192–258 mm (2020: 192–230 mm).
Curb weight: 2,007–2,244 kg (2020: 1,885–2,244 kg).
Length: 5254 mm (2020: 5181–5264 mm).
Same range as the 2020: towing.

03 / Tires

2021 Amarok stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Volkswagen fits at the factory in 2021, the standard ones first.

2021 Volkswagen Amarok stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
245/70R16Standard: Core	16 in	749 mm
245/65R17Standard: Core V6	17 in	750 mm
255/60R18Standard: Sportline V6; Highline V6	18 in	763 mm
255/50R20Standard: Aventura	20 in	763 mm
275/50R20Standard: V6 W-Series	20 in	783 mm

Amarok tire sizes, with wheel specs and what bigger tires change

04 / Sources

The 2021 documents

2 documents behind the 2021 Amarok’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked Oct 12, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

05 / Keep going

More on the Amarok

Amarok 2HEvery 2H configuration, model year by model year, with clearance, angles and weights (2011–2022).Open the 2H specs 2021 Amarok towingMax towing, GCWR, payload and tongue weight for every rated configuration.See the towing table Amarok tire sizesStock tire and wheel sizes by trim, and what bigger tires change.See tire sizes Amarok specsEvery generation, the spec plate and the rig builder.Open the model page

These are Volkswagen’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.