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VW finally fills its SUV gap with 2018 Atlas
- Magazine Article
- 17AUTP06_11
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With the market rushing headlong toward trucks, SUVs and crossovers,
Designed and engineered in Wolfsburg, built at VW's billion-dollar Chattanooga plant and riding on the modular MQB platform, the 2018 Atlas ($31,000 base price) enters production three years after the CrossBlue concept made the autoshow rounds. Atlas was developed as “a vehicle to go straight at the heart of the mid-size SUV market,” explained Michael Lovati, Vice President of VW's mid-size/full-size product line.