{"id":36759,"date":"2026-10-06T15:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36759"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:33:10","slug":"at-the-helm-of-the-giant-remade-vw-atlas-payne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/at-the-helm-of-the-giant-remade-vw-atlas-payne","title":{"rendered":"At the helm of the giant, remade VW Atlas | Payne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/10\/06\/PDTN\/92114483007-vw-atlas-2027-side.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is a full-size, three-row SUV with front or all-wheel-drive.\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is a full-size, three-row SUV with front or all-wheel-drive.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Huntsville, Alabama<\/em> \u2013\u2014 The second-generation, 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is big. How big? My 6-foot-5-inch frame and 6-foot-7-inch Atlas Product Manager Jim Burch both fit easily in the third row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">We make things big in America. Big people, big attractions, big cars. For years, Volkswagen sent too-small, too-expensive German-made vehicles like the Touareg to the U.S. In 2018, VW finally got the memo and produced the Made-in-America, three-row Atlas large SUV. Not just <em>any<\/em> large SUV, but one of the biggest in class. Big proportions, big interior, big V-6, big value. It sold big, instantly becoming the second-best-selling V-dub in the lineup after \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 another roomy SUV, the Tiguan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For its gen-two sequel, Atlas goes even bigger. Complementing its proportions, it gains a bucket-list of tech, premium appointments and standard features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This thing has every standard feature in the book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Twin wireless chargers? Check.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Magnets to hold phones in place? Check.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Adaptive cruise control? Check.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Blind-spot assist? Check.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wood trim? Check.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/10\/06\/the-big-second-gen-vw-atlas-goes-bigger-payne\/92114509007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is a full-size, three-row SUV with front or all-wheel-drive. Henry Payne, The Detroit News Huntsville, Alabama \u2013\u2014 The second-generation, 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is big. How big? My 6-foot-5-inch frame and 6-foot-7-inch Atlas Product Manager Jim Burch both fit easily in the third row. Together. We make things big in America. Big [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36761,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36759\/revisions\/36761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}