At long last, VW built something large enough for seven graying hippies and their fading Grateful Dead jackets. Wow. That’s enough old freak...
At long last, VW built something large enough for seven graying hippies and their fading Grateful Dead jackets.
Wow. That’s enough old freaks to start a dinosaur-rock band or staff a good-sized head-shop in Colorado.
OK. To be honest, I seriously doubt that Volkswagen had old hippies in mind when it conceived its beefy mid-size crossover, the 2021 VW Atlas, the spiritual successor of sorts to Volkswagen’s psychedelic minibus from the ‘60s.
Hot crossover-style SUVs continue to drive the new-vehicle market in the U.S. and Volkswagen has been really late entering the mid-size fray, finally delivering the all-new Atlas in 2018.
Though the dark-green Atlas SEL R-Line I had last week didn’t even slightly resemble VW’s old Type 2 minibuses, it too is aimed at younger buyers.
And the handsome 7-passenger Atlas generates its own sort of ’00 distinction that doesn’t rely on two-tone paint, interiors heavy on herbal ambience or peace symbols.
Clean and contemporary, the broad-shouldered Atlas I had last week featured a sleek horizontal grille squeezing slender headlamps.
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