VW unveils an E-segment SUV for US market: Atlas
- Volkswagen unveiled the Atlas, a serial version created from the CrossBlue concept presented at the 2013 Detroit Show.
This is a seven-seat E-SUV built on the MQB platform and that will be manufactured on the Chattanooga, Tenn. US site, to be sold only in North America. This model is bigger than the Touareg (Length: 5.03m versus 4.80m, width: 1.97m versus 1.89m, height: 1.76m versus 1.71m). It will be marketed in spring 2017 and replace the Phaeton sedan at the top of the Volkswagen range.
This is a seven-seat E-SUV built on the MQB platform and that will be manufactured on the Chattanooga, Tenn. US site, to be sold only in North America. This model is bigger than the Touareg (Length: 5.03m versus 4.80m, width: 1.97m versus 1.89m, height: 1.76m versus 1.71m). It will be marketed in spring 2017 and replace the Phaeton sedan at the top of the Volkswagen range.
- This new model will have to compete with comparable SUVs currently available in North America, such as the Ford Explorer, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Toyota Highlander, GMC Acadia and Chevrolet Traverse, which represent a market of close to 1.8 million units 2016.
- The new Volkswagen Atlas has two petrol engines: a 4-cylinder 2.0 TSI of 238hp and a 6 cylinder 3.6 of 280hp. Following the manipulated diesel engines case, Volkswagen did not consider it necessary to equip this model with a diesel engine or even a hybrid engine.
- It is difficult to forecast a volume of sales for a model that explores a brand new segment at Volkswagen,
but Inovev thinks that 50,000 sales of Atlas per year would already be a good result.
but Inovev thinks that 50,000 sales of Atlas per year would already be a good result.
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