Making the Sensible Choice | 2023 VW Atlas Execline R Line (3row with Captain's!)

[@ElFidde]

I owe a R line it’s the best SUV ever .

[@Neutralreviews]

I really like it myself!

[@berryv111]

I purchased a new 2021.5 Premium R-Line and it has been a great vehicle. Love the way it handles in the snow. Other than the window harness recall this vehicle has been absolutely perfect.

[@Neutralreviews]

I really like the size. If I’m going SUV it’s actually got more space and I like AWD

[@remi.morvan]

Picked up my 2023 execline yesterday. Drives itself, great power. I love it already.

[@Neutralreviews]

I don’t know why I was surprised since I have a Golf on the MQB platform, but I just couldn’t believe how nimble and controllable it felt for such a large, high vehicle! Happy for you and hope it continues to give you lots enjoyment

[@gouvek]

Congrats, its the perfect family hauler mid-size suv. Still debating myself.

[@edithpartee9429]

Got myself one also a couple days ago.

[@leenewton2931]

I like your presentation style =) Vids are well produced, subbed for more great Canadian car content!

[@Neutralreviews]

Thanks for that and good timing! Struggling to get cars from dealers and great comments like this help:)

[@chrisdunaway2562]

We have a 2021 Atlas SEL 4 Motion R-Line and we absolutely love it so far!!

[@Neutralreviews]

I personally think the R-Lines look the best in the lineup and really the Atlas look really upscale! Glad you like it. I liked it better than the Tiguan. Impressed with how it handled for a larger vehicle.

[@desimation]

But it goes and turns extremely well for a behemoth and will go when needed (applies only to 3.6vr6

[@surajlevis6117]

Even 60:40 split can be adjusted even with push back

[@hamitfusha710]

All you need is to match the Acura MDX-S in horsepower & torque 355/354 then you got yourself a “serious SUV”! That would sell to me today.

[@drheckle]

Love ours but most potholes are the death of those wheels... bought the wheel insurance package and used it 2x already in 18 months. (Gotta love illinois roads!)

[@Neutralreviews]

We are lucky where I live that they aren’t that bad but I like the wheel insurance! Don’t know if we have that here I’ll have to check but great idea

[@TheRealEstateNate]

Good luck getting one, ordered mine 7 months ago!

[@Neutralreviews]

Crazy!! I used to order my cars back in the day because I liked the idea it was new, new and thought the 8weeks was bad! I don’t know how you or anyone else is doing it. Talked to someone from Porsche and there was some vehicles still 18+ months! My worry is once the big corps realize they can charge more they will since people are understandably not wanting to wait and paying dealer markups/“used” prices. Sorry!

[@isaiahhardie4248]

The placement of the wireless charger is useless. You cannot place ANYTHING in that cubby with your phone. They should have placed it on the center console.

[@Neutralreviews]

You wonder how these decisions get made sometimes!

[@isaiahhardie4248]

@@Neutralreviews I own an Atlas and I like it. But the placement makes no sense and there are zero of these "reviewers" that bring it up. Like they are afraid to point out a bad placement of a charging area.

[@Neutralreviews]

@@isaiahhardie4248 I didn’t even think about it. My car doesn’t have one so it’s not on my radar but I will start to consider that more. I know most vehicles I drive seem like they are more hassle then me having to plug it in. Thanks for the comment

[@kman8271]

Agree 100%. I hate the wireless charger. Burns my phone up

[@Neutralreviews]

@@kman8271 crazy! Think they’d have higher standards

[@ojedasadventurez2875]

Wish the put a rear view camera like GM offers in their vehicles

[@stonyhorne6529]

Good review but if I hear and one more time lol

[@Neutralreviews]

My new favourite comment lol and what you have going for you is my mom legit texted me to say the same and it needs to stop;) I will try my best… thanks for commenting “and” putting up with that lol

[@kennethrodrigues8012]

Great review! I like the format fun, informative and short. I'd like to see you review a Kia Telluride and compare. I have one and it had come down to the atlas or telluride when we had to buy.

[@Neutralreviews]

Thanks a lot! I’m excited about that comparison! I have a good relationship with Kia here and will try. So far on my journey no one has let me do used only new demos but I know they are a popular to use for them. They are gorgeous and KIA is getting better every year. I’m finally getting a viewer car so that will be nice when our audience is big enough to donate some cool vehicles. Thanks again 🙂

[@ashleybushmanmecham5511]

Great review, thanks for the comparison vehicles!!

[@Neutralreviews]

You are very welcome:) Thanks for commenting!

[@joecoronado7938]

My dream suv.

[@Neutralreviews]

I was impressed with how well it drove for the size and price!

[@cruze86]

The interior looks so refreshing wow 😍 i love vw interiors. It looks always futuristic.

[@Neutralreviews]

I like the ergonomics of it was well. Reminds me of my GTI

[@Neutralreviews]

@@David_Journey 🤣

[@OpT1c_NRG]

Great job as usual.

[@Neutralreviews]

Thanks for commenting!!

[@NoemiRockz]

Anyone count how many times he says “and” 😂

[@riderNdriver]

Great review for a vehicle that gets lots of bad reviews in America.

[@Bizoollyaziz]

The interior is so 2008, and it is LOADED with cheap plastics. I dont know why VW didn’t use the 2023 teramont interior.

[@Neutralreviews]

I’d like to see that interior in person because the pictures look incredible!

[@gouvek]

That's what is holding me back from this purchase the potential low reliability and the use of so much cheap hard plastics is annoying.

[@iamLoneTravler]

Review a mk 8 Golf R please. I’d Love to watch that

[@Neutralreviews]

I’ve been trying my best lol as it is one of my all time favourite cars!! Nearly bought a MK7.5 but got my BRZ instead (it would have been a family car and DSG (which I have and appreciate in my GTI) but I’m a manual guy and my BRZ (because of price) is a second car. So far both dealers here have told me NO lol (and I I have a great relationship). There’s been 3 but because the are “used” and 20k over MSRP they don’t want drives just in case. I’ll have to likely resort to a viewer donation but unfortunately I’m just starting out…I’ll keep on trying though!

[@iamLoneTravler]

@@Neutralreviews Well maybe you can review mine when it arrives late 2023 lol

[@Neutralreviews]

@@iamLoneTravler Exactly lol!! The one dealer told me he had to cancel all the 22’s and re-order. Such a weird world. I’m so glad I didn’t have to wait. Congratulations! I’ve ordered cars before and it is nice to know it’s yours and actually new. Everything I’ve seen so far says they did a good job so I’m curious!

[@iamLoneTravler]

@@Neutralreviews Thank you. Can’t wait for mine. This is the first time I’ve had to order a car and wait for it for over a year lol.

[@Neutralreviews]

@@iamLoneTravler I wish I had patience but I have to say it will be worth it!! Throttlehouse did a race with it against a new GR Corolla and it was faster and if had better tires would have had a better track time then it did. Plus to me it’s a 4dr Austin Martin in that it looks fast but expensive and elegant too. Enjoy!!!!

[@wahidrahmatzada5495]

It is a nice car it powertrain if life time under warranty.

[@Neutralreviews]

Hate paying for warranties but it’s unfortunately a necessity now a days of planning on keeping a vehicle.

[@rsd5768]

loaded with cancer causing plastic interior, sold this car just because of how much plastic is used. crap fuel economy. bought an older lexus and I love it.

[@Neutralreviews]

I haven’t drove a newer Lexus but I’m not surprised. And yes, you got to love that health conscience plastic diet lol.

[@LivingDeadGurlXXX]

Wait what do you mean "cancer causing"? This car causes cancer?! Don't tell me that!

[@geotest7840]

Wait to you need to take your old Lexus to the shop.

[@joei4ever]

did they add in seat latch connectors for kids car seats in third row?? They failed big time with those, marketing atlas as family vehicle, and then not making it car seats friendly. Also, 20MPG is a PURE LIE, you are lucky if you get that exclusivelly on the highway. I own an 3.6 Atlas btw

[@Neutralreviews]

Not sure to be honest but I will check and reply again. Plus you gave me another thing to look for! That’s too bad about the mpg. I get 20 in my car and that’s kind of as far as I want to go.

[@joei4ever]

@@Neutralreviews I was among the first people that got one in 2018. It's been a hit n miss for our big family. Please do check for those latches.

[@Neutralreviews]

@@joei4ever ok! Bad news, I just contacted a VW dealer and they said the 2023 3rd row still doesn’t have actual metal latches. Sorry. Now I’m no expert, but I thought I read a lot of car seats you can use either the belt or the latches...Have a great day:)

[@joei4ever]

@@Neutralreviews yeah, unbelivable. Yeah, you can use car seats, BUT, having them secured with latches makes everything to stay in place when there is nobody in them and they dont fly around (talking about booster seats) I will not be upgrading to newer atlas until they sort this shit out with latches, its unaceptable in 2023 to not have them. Literally every single other car has them in third row.

[@hamsandwich1860]

Fantastic review man.

[@Neutralreviews]

Much appreciated ❤️ thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@bro-uk9bt]

I have a 2021 base model atlas and the brakes on these guys are noisy. Like screeching loud. And a buddy of mine has a jetta 2022 r-line with the same problem. And if you look up brake noise atlas there's a good video of a 2018 atlas in the snow making the noise that I hear on mine.

[@israelruelas5756]

Have a 2019 VW Jetta and brakes are loud. The make a scraping sound and I’ve taken it to two different dealers who tell me the brakes are fine. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@haydarsahin76]

The brakes of my car at 150 thousand kilometers were changed 4 times. now it needs to be changed for the fourth time. It is necessary to change the brakes every 30 thousand kilometers!! interesting thing is volkswagen guarantees 20 thousand km!! I have no choice but to get rid of this trash can as soon as possible.. it's crazy to buy this car

[@jt7370]

That's not exclusive to VW. The brakes on my european BMW 1 series were changed 5 times at 150.000 km. Even though I'm driving speeds up to 140 mph daily (germany), the ACC is the reason for this.

[@KnowTheNewOfficial]

Volkswagen Atlas V6 engine super reliable or not? Is this usable for 400k km to 500k km? Can anyone say honestly about it?

[@JuneBuG2123]

VR6 engine is solid! A bit more costly on oil changes and maintenance, but it's been used for quite some time, you can easily do the research. The engine isn't normally where you'd have issues w the Atlas.

[@LivingDeadGurlXXX]

Sooooo....the V6 Atlas is in the shop right now as we speak. Reason being...having electrical issues with the dash, automatic breaks despite nothing being there, crash signal will blink even though you're not near anything and it has stall/sluggish acceleration. When I look up online...apparent not the only one experiencing these issues.

[@Bas2sax]

Very happy with my pre-owned Atlas, 2021 SEL. Yes, it uses quite a bit of gas but that’s to be expected. Has not let us down once here in chilly Minnesota. Would recommend

[@tealthefirst]

Mines at 250k rn (I travel cross country a lot 😂)

[@iLL3571]

So here in Europe we get the Touareg as the largest car they're offering, which is smaller than the Atlas, and this guy is saying that the Atlas is a mid size SUV in america. Lmao america

[@riderNdriver]

Telluride roomy than Atlas??

[@Neutralreviews]

I unfortunately haven’t had one to review yet (but want to!!)…anyone else know if the Telluride is roomier than an Atlas?

[@GhettofingerGaming]

to bad they are riddled with recalls and issues my 2022 Rline was a buy back do to the issues and the 2023 I got to replace the 2022 sucks just as much sitting on 12k already and its been in the shop over 11 times!!!!!

[@Neutralreviews]

That’s terrible!! Sorry to hear that. Buyback!! That’s serious. My GTI is a bit of a lemon but nothing like that

[@berryv111]

What recalls??? I have a 2021.5 Premium R-Line and there has only been 1 recall the window wiring harness. Is there something I have missed??

[@billylo2010]

@@berryv111 some people are just never happy is what I am guessing

[@avk7790]

Make a video on Tiguan

[@Neutralreviews]

We just did a couple weeks ago if you check the videos list or SUV playlist. I think I like the Atlas size better but as a GTI owner I liked to Tiguan:)

[@desimation]

Been driving the f outta this ‘19 vr6 3.6 SEL

[@walterduarte7809]

The fuel mileage is what brings it down.

[@Neutralreviews]

Definitely not a selling point!

[@JoseGarcia-vd7nu]

In the city, it's comparable to a yukon or tahoe, but, in the highway, I've gotten 27-29 MPG using drive assist & locking speed at 65 or so. Have V6 SEL. Regardless, I love the space, nothing like it in its class, unless you go to a minivan or large 3 row like a Yukon or something.

[@LivingDeadGurlXXX]

Space is great. Hate that it's a fuel guzzler. It blows.

[@desimation]

Put a cold air intake on and it’s f bonkers

[@desimation]

You aren’t Corning sweet chuck

[@redtrekgirl8883]

Looks good to me why did you give it such a bad review?

[@Neutralreviews]

Ha! I thought I did lol! I liked it for sure. Just not an SUV person but I really enjoyed the space and how well it handled. I could see myself in one

[@jirimensik3640]

I have 2021 Atlas SEL R-line. Beautiful SUV. Unfortunately that is only one positive thing what I can say about it. Worst car I have ever had. 40 000 miles and 16 times in service. Ready for 17th. Problem with front axle (2 months old car),replaced 2 batteries, replaced 2 fuel pump,6 times remote start and more and more. Horrible car. My Carfax record has more pages than 20 years old Renault. My wife’s 2021 Tiguan SEL R-line. 18 000 miles. Car is actually in service. We are waiting for new engine. From 10 000 to 18 000 miles I added 4 quarts of oil. Smoke from exhaust, no power. Really Volkswagen???? Thanks God for warranty. Never never never buy VW.

[@Neutralreviews]

Sorry!! That’s no good! I’ve had tones of engine issues on my GTI. Good call on the warranty!

[@anvarsanaev7267]

Thank you so much, you prevented me from buying this car. I was thinking between Atlas and Telluride. After reading your review will move to Telluride. Special thanks!

[@Skwid-Lives]

No way I believe that. Why would u get two when the first one was so bad

[@jirimensik3640]

@@Skwid-Lives my bad. Unfortunately. I picked Tiguan for my wife after two months with Atlas. She liked that car. You know, Happy wife happy life. No more VW!!

[@matthewjavierrn]

@@jirimensik3640 Sell both cars and buy a Mazda CX 5 Signature for your wife and Mazda CX 90 Signature for you. You won’t regret it trust me. 😊

[@kman8271]

The shoes 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@mikeduncan7552]

junk car but i watched it, you did a great job. Thanks for not talking to people like the audience is kids or pointing out that twinkies, and other junk food can fit in every compartment.

[@Neutralreviews]

You are welcome! I know what show you mean lol;) have a good one and thanks again!!

[@MLMUSICA]

I like that shows reviews but yeah that twinkie stuff is kind of corny

[@anrivera1975]

Inside design is out dated.

[@Neutralreviews]

Someone else mentioned the Teramont interior and after seeing it I agree!! We are being short changed lol. It was high quality and well put together (especially for the price) but yes it is definitely dated!

[@desimation]

Dodge transmission lose computer timing

[@fiji519]

and and and and and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@desimation]

Fargegnugen”

[@googleuser1006]

Toyota is done

[@shootloadrepeat]

The engine choices for such a massive vehicle are anemic. Bring back the Tuareg with the V8 and get rid of this monstrosity. It's ugly and cheaply built (but expensive)

[@Neutralreviews]

Surprised no plug in hybrid option…

[@minipandora22]

Unfortunately Massa bidens gas prices kinda make SUV'S hard to afford.

[@mikeduncan7552]

crap vehicle, we want the Touareg. not this crap vehicle.

[@Neutralreviews]

Been a long time since I heard that name! Good call

[@tusiranjekupanje1421]

47500 dollar price??in Europe this car cost more then 100 000 euro

[@Neutralreviews]

😮

[@jt7370]

You can ship the car for 2000-3000€ plus the taxes in your country. For Germany the price for the top version is 67500€. Definitly better than a 80k Touareg.

[@timmcgiver778]

Don't buy this junk!!!!my mechanic told me this car got a lot of issues like noise when you drive fast, electrical problems, shifting gears problems so don't be fooled by its beautiful look, just wait until you pass 30,000miles then you gonna see what's going on with the car

[@berryv111]

Guess I’ve been extremely lucky lol.

[@Chumbucketsecret]

I have a 16 Touareg (the car it originated from ) with 102,000. Running strong.