Ride and handling dynamics are little changed from before. Drop the hammer and you don’t rock back in your seat, but you build speed enough to keep up with traffic flow. On road, it doesn’t feel terribly different – power still isn’t enough to blow anyone’s doors off but it’s fine for suburban use and passing/merging. The new four-banger has a 34 horsepower/15 lb-ft of torque advantage over the old one, and it makes just a skoosh less horsepower than the VR6 while having seven more lb-ft of twist. Soft-touch materials and fake wood that looked real classed up the cabin of the R-Line I was piloting. VW has also moved the availability of leather seats and heated rear seats one trim level down from where it was before. No longer do you need to drop extra coin for a heated steering wheel, tri-zone automatic climate control, cooled front seats, voice control, and a height-adjustable passenger seat. Volkswagen also made previously optional features standard. The five-seat Atlas Cross Sport has received a similar refresh, as well, and I will bring you my thoughts on Monday. Subtle enough that unless you’re a VW fanatic, you might not know at a glance that the Atlas has changed at all. Other exterior changes include new LED headlights, standard adaptive headlights, and LED rear lighting that includes a vehicle-wide lightstrip. Perhaps the most notable is an available light bar that spans the grille. There are exterior changes, too, but they’re more subtle. If so, she’d have to look at the inside and under the hood to see the most significant changes. After we stopped, I found myself wondering – was the deer curious about the changes to the Atlas? I saw the deer early enough that a panic stop wasn't necessary, though the Atlas's binders offered a steady, smooth feel. Conversation with my drive partner ceased and I instinctively got deep into the brakes as Bambi decided that she needed to cross the road right that second, traffic be damned.
I was cruising along a Catskills two-lane in a 2024 Volkswagen Atlas at a leisurely yet quick pace when I caught a flash of brown and white out of the corner of my eye.
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