If you’re going to delete my response, you best delete my initial comment.
Amarok sells in limited markets worldwide and economies of scale weighed in on business decisions.I have a full deck of cards and a mongoose, yet I'm not interested in wordplay or social intersective manipulation for the sake of your job security.
#1. First off the development and engineering team at VW hasn't advanced in the last year considering the new 2023 Amarok platform is actually the Ford ranger platform designed by the ford engineers.
#2. What has changed at VW development center in Virginia that makes the Scout development team more advanced than those involved in the Amarok project?
The Amarok was never engineered/developed to compete in the US market. It was designed to be an inexpensive small pickup designed for the South American market. It’s actually not a bad truck for what it is, but it was never designed to compete with a Bronco/Jeep/Scout.
Many things have changed at VW including new management both in Germany and here in the US. But that’s not really the point here. You seem to want to completely dismiss the pool of talented engineers and resources at VW (and other manufacturers) as somehow incapable of building a decent off-road vehicle. Honestly the formula isn’t that difficult outside of working around new EV technology.
Like I said to you privately, we just ask that you tone down the name calling and accusations.