Generation history
Volkswagen Atlas generations and next redesign.
The Volkswagen Atlas has been through 2 generations, starting in 2017 and 2025. The gaps were 8 years, an average of 8.0. The pace has been steady. The current generation began in 2025. On that cadence the next full redesign points to 2032 through 2034, centered on 2033. This is a projection. It comes from the model's own past redesign years, not from the manufacturer. A mid-cycle refresh usually lands in between. Specifications, trims and the NHTSA safety record are on the Volkswagen Atlas model page.
Every generation
The Volkswagen Atlas, generation by generation.
| Generation | Code | Years | What changed |
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| First generation | n/a | 2017–2025 | The first generation is marketed as the Atlas in the United States, Canada, Chile, and Israel, the vehicle is known as the Teramont elsewhere, including the rest of the Middle East, Africa, as well as in Mexico, Russia, Colombia and China, where production in Ningbo began in 2017. |
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| Second generation | n/a | 2025–present | |
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The Volkswagen Atlas spent 8.0 years per generation on average. The current one is 1 years old. Treat 2032 to 2034 as a range, not a date.
Source: Volkswagen Atlas (Wikipedia). The estimate is our arithmetic on those start years.
Open the Volkswagen Atlas model page for specifications, trims, safety record and answers.
In more detail
What each Volkswagen Atlas generation changed.
First generation, 2017 to 2025
The first generation is marketed as the Atlas in the United States, Canada, Chile, and Israel, the vehicle is known as the Teramont elsewhere, including the rest of the Middle East, Africa, as well as in Mexico, Russia, Colombia and China, where production in Ningbo began in 2017. For markets outside China, the Atlas/Teramont is produced in the Chattanooga plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The vehicle features a transverse mounted four-cylinder or Volkswagen's VR6 engine.
Generation notes adapted from Volkswagen Atlas (Wikipedia).
Today's Volkswagen Atlas
What the current generation is, and how it has held up.
Volkswagen Atlas at a glance
- Production
- 2017–present
- Model years
- 2018–present
- Class
- Mid-size crossover SUV
- Body style
- 5-door SUV
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, Front-engine, all-wheel-drive
- Predecessor
- Volkswagen Touareg (US and Canada)
- Also called
- Volkswagen Teramont (China and Middle East)
NHTSA rated the 2025 Volkswagen Atlas overall 5 of 5 stars, front crash 4 of 5 stars, side crash 5 of 5 stars, rollover 4 of 5 stars.
Recent recalls (6 campaigns across the latest model years)
- July 2026, Back Over Prevention:Software. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling 2024-2026 Atlas Cross Sport and Atlas vehicles. The vehicles may experience a low-voltage electrical event that affects display screen functions. As a result, the rearview camera image may fail to display as intended. Consequence: A rearview camera that fails to display an image can reduce the driver’s view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- December 2025, Wheels:Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2026 Atlas, Atlas Cross Sport, and ID.4 vehicles. The incorrect wheel bolts may have been installed during vehicle manufacturing. Consequence: Incorrect wheel bolts can allow a wheel to detach from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- June 2025, Service Brakes. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Atlas, Atlas Cross Sport and 2023-2024 ID.4 vehicles. Certain bolts on the chassis, brake system and/or suspension (such as bolts for certain cross member, engine mount, control arm, subframe, rear brake carrier… Consequence: A loss of vehicle control increases the risk of a crash.
Owners filed 47 complaints with NHTSA for the 2025 Volkswagen Atlas, most often about electrical system (16), power train (12), unknown or other (11).