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Slammed VW Atlas Cross Sport on Rotiform Wheels Looks Uncomfortably Low

You know it's a real Volkswagen when people want to lower it and fit really expensive wheels. We're talking about this Atlas Cross Sport, which rocks a set of Rotiform alloys wrapped in some skinny tires.
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For many decades, Europe had a gigantic community of Golf GTI enthusiasts who had nothing better to do than to lower their hot hatchbacks. This eventually caught on with sedans and SUVs from the same automaker, and it's happening in America too.

The Atlas Cross Sport is made specifically with the needs of the American consumer in mind. It's a 5-seat version of the Atlas and features different styling that's supposed to be sportier. We're going to ignore the fact that they also make it in China under the Teramont X name because it has a different nose and it might ruin our argument as well. In any case, the point is that they don't sell it in Europe, so there's no ABT body kit or Milltek exhaust.

Instead, the owner of this particular Cross Sport relied on the usual combination of ridiculously low suspension and giant wheels to stand out. After a bit of extra research, we found out that Jamie Orr was officially sponsored by Volkswagen USA and tasked with completing a 7,000-mile trip across America to attend the KW Suspension Expo at a racetrack in California. There's camping in the middle of Death Valley, some snow, and other stuff that sounds fun if a little tricky in a freshly slammed car.

These are Rotiform JDR custom-forged wheels, which are pretty expensive at about $750 per corner. The KW coilover kit also costs a big chunk of change and is responsible for the insane stance. This is probably the first time an Atlas Cross Sport sat low enough to upset salty old people. So, of course, there were a few mechanical impediments which you can check out in the video below.

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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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