REVIEWS- VW Atlas Comes In LAST Place In NINE SUV Review. Is It REALLY THAT BAD? Worse Than A Chevy TRAVERSE?

In that same review that featured the 2020 Ford Explorer and 2020 KIA Telluride, they also reviewed many other three-row SUV's. NINE to be exact.

And SOME of the ratings we expected and some were a little surprising.

Like the VW Atlas coming in LAST place (9th) out of all of these.

1. Kia Telluride
2. Subaru Ascent
3. Honda Pilot
4. Honda Pilot
5. Toyota Highlander
6. Chevrolet Traverse
7. Mazda CX-9
8. Ford Explorer
9. VW ATLAS

They even said the ride will make your kids CARSICK.

Now I'll be honest. I think the Atlas isn't great. The exterior has ZERO romance or sizzle, and although for years VW has TRIED to parallel themselves with Apple in comparisons...you know, like we're the cool guys, the APPLE of car brands. Uh, NOT. Not with interior tech that makes the android operating system look groundbreaking. Three words describe the German's interior take...SUCH A BORE. If only their engineers were as hip and cool as their pr and event people.

But we see A LOT of them driving around and it's gotta be the only saving product they have keeping them afloat.

So our question is we KNOW the Atlas isn't the greatest out there but LAST place in this ring? WORSE than a Chevy TRAVERSE? In the words of Keyshawn Johnson, C'mon mang!

What's your take?

valhallakey - 5/21/2020 1:41:31 AM

+2 Boost

Not sure on the Atlas, but having driven a Honda Pilot and a Ford Explorer I would take the Explorer.

cidflekken - 5/21/2020 2:50:38 AM

+3 Boost

If the center console in the Atlas is the same plasticky atrocity as the Atlas CrossSport, then that in itself deserves to be in last place. Such hard expanse of plastics that really doesn't belong in any cars today.

pauerb - 5/21/2020 8:47:50 AM

+3 Boost

Haven't driven them all, but it deserves to be at the bottom of the pack based on interior material quality/refinement alone. Honda Pilot is listed 2x, one should probably be Hyundai Palisade?

MDarringer - 5/21/2020 10:20:18 AM

+2 Boost

The powertrains are terrible. The 2.0T is way underpowered and does not do well in real-world MPG. The V6 doesn't feel fast but it drinks fuel like a fat German drinking beer.

klipprand - 5/21/2020 9:09:06 AM

+3 Boost

Drove one in Orlando as a rental for a week. Absolutely hated it. No guts.

MDarringer - 5/21/2020 10:17:13 AM

+2 Boost

For the USA, VW is very dismissive. "Give zem sie sing zat looks like vat zeh vant but don't make zie sing vurth a damn."

t_bone - 5/21/2020 10:23:54 AM

+3 Boost

Yet another wasted development cycle away from something unique to VW that would sell - the microbus.

MDarringer - 5/21/2020 6:21:40 PM

-2 Boost

When you let the union control your product development because you believe in socialism, this is what you get.