Tests and Features

As a member of the North American Car of the Year (NACTOY) jury, my job is to head over to Michigan every fall (except for the pandemic years) to put over 30 new models to the test and identify which ones are deserving of a prestigious award. The plan is …

For our recent trip to Saugerties, New York to test drive the new 2024 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport , we used another Volkswagen model, the Jetta compact sedan, to get there and then back home. A great choice considering it’s one of the most efficient non-hybrid cars on the …

Volkswagen ’s largest SUV, the Atlas , made its debut six years ago as a 2018 model. It offered a spacious and practical cabin with seating for six or seven. A coupe-style, two-row variant called Atlas Cross Sport was added for 2020. Both models are now getting a significant update …