New VW Atlas Tanoak Pickup Concept Revealed
VW’s surprise for the New York Auto Show was none other than the Atlas Tanoak Pickup truck concept. The dual-cab, short-bed pickup is the first truck to be based on VW’s MQB platform and is basically a design study created to gauge the audience’s reactions. The concept is powered by the company’s 276hp 3.6-liter V6 engine paired to an eight-speed automatic and the 4Motion all-wheel drive system. VW claims the Tanoak is capable of a 0-60mph in 8.5 seconds. VW says that the Atlas Tanoak Pickup concept was named after a tree species that’s native to the Pacific Coast in the US and can grow up to 135 feet high, which is a nice way of pointing out the flexibility of the MQB architecture, as the concept is currently the biggest vehicle using these underpinnings. The Tanoak concept is 214.1 inches long, making it 15.8 inches longer than the Atlas SUV, placing it in the midsize pickup truck segment according to U.S. standards. Width is 79.9 inches, height is 72.6 inches while ...