by "helloautomate" (helloautomate)
Published 02/10/2017 at 11:25
by "helloautomate" (helloautomate)
Published 02/10/2017 at 11:25
Tags: softorader
; oppositelock
; JCwhitney
; dogs
STARS: 0
Is it just me, or does the Volkswagen Atlas Weekend Edition concept displayed in this picture look like my cubemate Gare-Bear (aka Gary) bought it and then went a little crazy in the accessories section of the JC Whitney catalog? I mean there is A LOT going on here! This concept is like one of those over accessorized middle-aged service industry professionals trying to cover up the fact that their personality is pretty bland. To trick their Applebee’s customers they’ll just apply a bunch of kitschy adornments and eye confusing flair to their shirt and make everyone feel like their having a “fun time” together with the subpar dining experience.
Anyway, the exterior accessories that I can decipher out of this concept are running boards, mirror caps, a front end bug guard, accessory LED lights under the logo on the grille, side window deflectors, all-terrain tires, contrasting gray lower bumper treatments and crossbars with an expandable roof-top cargo carrier.
That was a lot of items to type let alone your eye and brain to process. Then there is that color that’s slathered all over the large panels of the Atlas. Is that color Volkswagens Sandstorm Yellow Metallic? I know this is the “Weekend Edition” concept and weekends are your time to thrive and shine from the mundane cube farm work-fam(ily) life you sludge through five days a week but believe me nobody thinks you’re fun and zany in suburban traffic because you chose that yellow. In fact, even your dog is embarrassed (evidence pictured with her oversized decorative K9 neck cuff you made her wear). One more thing Gare-Bear, your dog told me that she also wants out of this weird moving cage-jail and would really prefer the room of a traditional minivan, thank you very much.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/10/2017 at 11:32, STARS: 0
That’s a funny looking Ford Edge
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
02/10/2017 at 11:34, STARS: 0
wants out of this weird moving cage-jail
Pfft.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 11:37, STARS: 1
I think my favorite part of this was this headline
http://gearpatrol.com/2017/02/09/the-atlas-weekend-edition-is-volkswagens-land-cruiser/
because adding a cargo box, some trim and bling is what you do to make a Land Cruiser?
"vicali" (vicali)
02/10/2017 at 11:39, STARS: 1
Exactly.. look it’s yellow for offroad!
Imagine the yard-sale of plastic bits coming off if you took it anywhere.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
02/10/2017 at 11:42, STARS: 0
No Scott Simon or Lulu Garcia Navarro = No Weekend Edition.
"helloautomate" (helloautomate)
02/10/2017 at 11:42, STARS: 2
That reference is an insult to the honor and ability of all Land Cruisers every made! Now if the copy would have read, “Volkswagen’s attempt at a first-generation Chrysler Pacifica” that would have been a fitting comparison.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
02/10/2017 at 11:59, STARS: 0
because adding a cargo box, some trim and bling is what you do to make a Land Cruiser?
^ clearly, never driven a Land Cruiser before.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 11:59, STARS: 0
Whats funny is that they are selling a restored 40 on that site.
"helloautomate" (helloautomate)
02/10/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 1
They are selling a beautiful resorted 40 on the site. The Author, Bryan Campbell, also mentions that the Atlas is a “A Throwback to Vintage Camper Vans”. So, what is it? “A throwback to a Vintage Camper Van” or “Volkswagen’s Attempt at a Land Cruiser”. Update y’all, these statements would only work if he was reviewing a Mitsubishi Delica. It’s not a super cool Delica, it’s an Atlas and that is a tall minivan with less usable interior space at best.
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
02/10/2017 at 14:29, STARS: 1
The Atlas doesn’t even look like a real car. It’s like a Chinese knockoff of a Grand Cherokee or something made for a videogame to avoid a copyright violation.
"helloautomate" (helloautomate)
02/10/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 0
The interior feels the exact same way! I sat in one at our local auto show. Instead of using design or choice materials they made the leather seats with a contrasting two-tone color (not pictured) to give it “character”.