The 2020 Volkswagen Atlas

Updated date: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 19:43
The 2020 Volkswagen Atlas

With three rows of seating and plenty of room for its occupants, the 2020 Atlas offers practicality and a comfortable ride without even a hint of minivan-ness. While its base four-cylinder engine is underpowered when there's a full load of people and cargo, the optional V-6 provides acceptable motivation but it's lacking in fuel efficiency: the V-6–powered Atlas in our long-term test fleet averaged 19 mpg. Driver-assistance technology is on hand, with automated emergency braking, forward-collision warning, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert all standard.