by Tanya Gazdik , Staff Writer, Yesterday
Three-row SUVs have become the new status symbol with families.
And Volkswagen spares no expense in producing one of the coolest interiors on the market with the 2027 Atlas.
The automaker also listened to customer’s pain points and brought back a large and prominently placed volume knob.
It replaces the 2026 model’s cumbersome touch-sensitive slider located below the touchscreen. Those controls were not backlit at night, which made for a real game of skill for the user.
The volume knob doubles as the Driver Experience Dial to choose an “Atmosphere.” Atmospheres combine synchronized ambient lighting and audio settings. The feature includes five preset “moods.”
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A reimagined cabin has real wood decor and very cool multicolor ambient lighting as standard. A bold loop surrounded by ambient light in your choice of colors unifies the cockpit design, and the pattern from a distinctive organic spiral in the dash continues through perforated backlit door panels in the first and second row.Most of the lineup gets a 15-inch infotainment display, versus the base model’s 12.9-inch screen.
The organic spiral is a point of diffe...