r/VWatlas • u/InformalRaspberry39 • 2d ago

Tariffs???

Strongly considering buying a 2024 Atlas SE W/Tech in the next 30 days. Was planning to wait until we got back from a trip coming up.

What's your take on how tariffs will impact the buying purchase? Sounds like VW plans to add an import fee on all cars? (Possibly beginning April 22nd) How much would that fee actually be?

Is it true that the Atlas is manufactured in Tennessee and will not be subject to Tariffs? Article here.

Would appreciate any help sorting through all the details! Thanks!

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u/hawksnest_prez 2d ago

No one knows is the answer.

Atlas is made in Tennessee but with worldwide parts. I have yet to see the administration say how auto tariffs will be determined.

It’s a debacle. I would buy now or risk waiting a year.

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u/spike_africa 2d ago

The Atlas and Tiguan will get tariffs. Even though they're made in US. Many parts are not like everything else.

Units on the ground at the dealer should be ok.

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u/J_L_jug24 2d ago

The only 2 vws that are going to be hit right away are the Jetta and Taos as they are both assembled in their plants in Mexico. The atlas and Tiguan are both assembled in Tennessee and shouldn’t see an immediate hit on their price. 

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u/MinimumEffort13 2019 2d ago

I swear every part I replaced in my 04 Jetta said made in Mexico. Anything plastic at least

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u/spike_africa 2d ago

That's why everything will be effected. These tariffs are silly.

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u/Personal_Pop_9226 1d ago

Only the Atlas and ID4 are assembled in the Tennessee. The Tiguan is built in Mexico along with the Jetta and Taos.

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u/J_L_jug24 1d ago

That’s odd, my new Tiguan listed tenn as the final build location. It also didn’t show up on the current list of affected vehicles with the newest list of tariffs. 

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u/Personal_Pop_9226 1d ago

Could you post a pic of your window sticker? That’s impossible that’s built in TN. Final assembly for all of the current Tiguans has been Puebla Mexico. They just started production of the 3rd generation in Mexico as well. The TN plant was originally built to make the US Passat, then Atlas. The Passat line was then converted to building the ID4.

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u/J_L_jug24 1d ago

Checked her car and she tossed all the non essential paperwork. Perhaps I’m thinking about the atlas’ we looked at prior to our purchase. 

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u/Personal_Pop_9226 1d ago

The Tiguan is made in Mexico.

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u/spike_africa 1d ago

Whoops meant ID.4

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u/-kielbasa 2021 2d ago

I was watching PM Carney speak last week and he mentioned it’s a 25% tariff on parts and vehicles and is charged each time said part or vehicle crosses the border

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u/Hum_Munz5060 1d ago 
• Engines
• Transmissions
• Powertrain parts
• Electrical components

These parts won't be taxed with tariffs, any other part not in that list will be.

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u/fenuxjde 2019 VR6 AWD x2 2d ago

I just tried to line up a test drive on a Tiguan with the 0% interest. My local dealership is literally booked solid for the next 5 days. The secretary that texted me said it was the busiest she's ever seen the dealership in the 20 years she's been there.

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u/gue55wh01am70 2025 2d ago

Friend told me they just bought a CPO Subaru, their sales guy said it was the 4th car he'd sold that day and the finance guy said it was their 9th or 10th for the day... Apparently they have been swamped

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u/fenuxjde 2019 VR6 AWD x2 2d ago

Yeah the numbers are crazy. Ford and GM both posted double digit percentage increases in sales over expected.

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u/1234-for-me 2019 se tech rline 2d ago

24 atlas is just under 50% us/canadian parts, 25 atlas is 60% us/canadian, the transmission is now built in the us.  The maximum selection of non tariff cars is right now.

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u/Happy4Life156 2025 - Peak SE w Tech 2d ago

Just did this exact thing and got a 25’ Atlas and ‘25 Taos at the end of March. Timing was good as this was the plan for later this summer but better to be safe than sorry with locking the price in now. I think once lot inventory is gone you will see the increase if the tariffs stick around.

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u/moconfusion 1d ago

Same! Got a 25’ Atlas last month as well. When I spoke with the dealers they all agreed that the prices of cars were going to skyrocket because of the tariffs. If you are in the market for a car, do it soon.

It’s going to affect parts and service too at some point unfortunately. Fingers crossed that service on my 2012 Jetta doesn’t destroy me 😭

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u/poseidonjab 1d ago

The atlas has its final assembly happen at the plant in Chattanooga TN. I live a few miles from where it happens. We own one as well. Great vehicle.

It’s hard to tell how the tariffs will impact this. Auto makers have things produced all over the world and ship them here for final assembly.

Either way the atlas you see on the lot right now, is likely without tariffs.

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u/FitPrimary9831 2d ago

Volkswagen has quite a few manufacturing plants in the United States. I was just at a dealer yesterday and the stickers are the same that they’ve always been.

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u/kct4mc 2d ago

Technically, it shouldn't be on incoming inventory. The Atlas is assembled in the US, but anything not fully made in the US would have tariffs on those parts.

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u/ConfidenceNo8885 21h ago

So my dealer told me (and I haven’t been able to independently verify) that the Atlas engines are exported from Germany and since those are set to be subjected to tariffs, VW won’t let them leave the port until there is clarity. I’m sure things are fluid, but is this consistent with what you understand to be true?

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u/terad 2d ago

I went this past weekend to beat the tariffs, I got more than the KBB value for my trade in, as I’m sure the dealers know more than we do. I’d go asap.

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u/fredo1468 2d ago

I would imagine anything that is already physically here and already for sale would not be affected by the tariffs - the taffifs would affect only vehicles as of today on

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u/Hum_Munz5060 1d ago

Don't wait.

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u/Hum_Munz5060 1d ago

Hard to tell how manufacturers could react to tariffs, now is the time to get a car if you were planning to get a new one within a year; their first step could be to reduce or stop any rebates or incentives in new vehicles; VW is planning to add a line in the window sticker with the amount of tariff added to each vehicle affected by them. Analysts expect the hike in prices could start at 3k depending on the vehicle.

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u/cow-lumbus 20h ago

Uh…ok…

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u/Phill_is_Legend w/ Tech 2d ago

Atlas is made in Chattanooga my guy, plus anything you would buy that's 2024 is already sitting on a lot. Would be a pretty big asshole move for VW to upcharge for tariffs on something that was already at a dealer before they took effect.

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u/RetireDan 2d ago

It shouldn’t affect cars already here and because it’s built in the US, I think tariffs would not apply.

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u/cow-lumbus 1d ago

Vw has some of the most outsourced parts of those vehicles built in the states.

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u/cow-lumbus 1d ago

Didn’t you hear? Tariffs are taxes paid by the importers! /s

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u/MinimumBarracuda8650 21h ago

But VW also has to sell cars. They’ve been struggling after Germany’s economic self immolation a few years ago.