RECORD-SETTING ROK!

VOLKSWAGEN CLOCKS UP A WORLD RECORD AND OFFERS A COMMEMORATIVE AMAROK 10 DESERTS EDITION TO MARK THE OCCASION

MATT RAUDONIKIS

VOLKSWAGEN Australia has proudly announced that it has achieved a Guinness World Record for driving Australia’s 10 recognised deserts in a time of six days and 17 hours in a modified Amarok. Employing a team of three drivers the Amarok covered 6421km to take in the Great Victoria, Great Sandy, Tanami, Simpson, Gibson, Little Sandy, Strzelecki, Sturt Stony, Tirari and Pedirka deserts, passing through Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory in the process. Volkswagen actually smashed the previous record which was closer to 14 days and held by a motorcyclist. The drivers, German endurance driver and multiple record holder Rainer Zietlow, his compatriot Marius Biela and Australia’s Brad Howe, drove in shifts with two up front, while one of them attempted to sleep on the back seat…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2025

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