Exploring Advance Safety and Technology Features of 2025 VW Atlas!

Ontario winters test everything—traction, visibility, comfort, and peace of mind. When snow piles up, daylight shrinks, and roads get slippery, you want a vehicle built for those challenges. The 2025 Volkswagen Atlas is loaded with safety and technology that help you stay in control, warm, and connected through cold, icy, and unpredictable Canadian weather. Here are five key features that make it a standout winter choice.

4MOTION® All-Wheel Drive & Drive Modes

One of the most essential features for winter in Ontario is grip and control. The 2025 Atlas offers Volkswagen’s 4MOTION® AWD system, which actively distributes power between front and rear wheels to help maintain traction on snow, slush, or ice. Paired with selectable drive modes—including a Snow or Off-Road mode—Atlas lets you optimize performance for slippery roads or deeper snow. Changing drive modes via the infotainment system or a dial lets you choose settings that adjust throttle response, steering feel, and torque distribution. For winter highway driving, or navigating rural or suburban roads after a snowfall, this makes a big difference in stability and confidence.

IQ.DRIVE® Suite & Light Assist for Enhanced Safety

Visibility and driver assistance technologies are critical in winter. The 2025 Atlas comes standard with Volkswagen’s IQ.DRIVE® suite, which includes features like Front Assist (forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking), Adaptive Cruise Control, Active Blind Spot Monitoring, Rear Traffic Alert, and emergency braking assistance. These technologies help you react more quickly when snow, ice, or sleet impairs visibility or road grip. Light Assist, which adjusts your headlights automatically (high beams or low beams), helps prevent glare and improves your vision in low-light, early dusk, or during winter storms. These features help reduce fatigue and risk during long winter commutes.

Remote Start, MyVW App & Vehicle Health Reporting

Cold starts are one of winter’s worst parts—nobody wants to sit in an icy vehicle. The 2025 Atlas offers remote start (on higher trims) so you can warm up the vehicle before stepping inside. Through the MyVW app, you can also check vehicle status, set boundary and speed alerts, locate your parked vehicle, lock/unlock doors remotely, and get push notifications about any issues. The Vehicle Health Report feature lets you see reminders or warnings related to maintenance or safety systems, so nothing sneaks up on you in winter. Knowing things like tire pressure, battery health, and antifreeze/fuel levels ahead of time makes cold weather less of a surprise.

Heated Climate Controls & Cabin Comfort

The 2025 Atlas doesn’t just protect you; it keeps you warm and comfortable so winter driving feels less harsh. Heated front (and in many trims, second-row outer) seats, heated steering wheel, and a strong, three-zone automatic climate control system let you defrost, warm, and stay cozy even when the temperature outside is well below freezing. Higher trims bring ventilated seats (which aren’t just for summer—they help with moisture control when boots, snow gear, or slush enter the cabin), and upgraded insulation to reduce outside noise from snow undercarriages or wind gusts. These comfort features matter a lot when you’re commuting early in the morning or on long winter trips across Ontario.

Visibility, Lighting & Child Safety Features

Seeing and being seen is huge in winter. The 2025 Atlas equips LED headlights with adaptive lighting system, dynamic cornering lights, rain-sensing windshield wipers, heated washer nozzles (so you don’t scrape off frozen spray), and all-weather tires on many trims. These ensure you have better visibility during snow flurries, on wet roads, and in darkness. Child safety gets attention too, with secure LATCH anchors, rear seat alert systems, and good rear window visibility to keep an eye on kids during winter car seats or boosters. Also, remote locking, anti-theft alarm/immobilizer, and available Safe & Secure connected services via VW ensure the vehicle stays safe — whether parked on a snowy street or in dimly lit areas.

Make Your Winter Commute Easy With A Volkswagen!

If you live in Kanata or around Ottawa, the 2025 VW Atlas offers everything you need for confident winter driving: grip when roads are icy, technology to help you drive safer, comfort to fight off winter cold, and features that protect your loved ones in the back seats. At Myers Hunt Club Volkswagen, we have several 2025 Atlas trim levels in stock. Come in, experience the heated steering wheel, try remote start, explore IQ.DRIVE in action, and see how 4MOTION® handles snow-packed Lanark Road or icy Hawksbury Highway. Explore our new, certified used, or pre-owned Atlas inventory, and drive home this winter with confidence and peace of mind.