VW's service loaners are enlisted in COVID fight

Don Chittum, left, and John Nunley of Jack Daniels Volkswagen in Fair Lawn, N.J., and, below, Cherry Hill Volkswagen’s Lou DiMattia and Amanda DiMattia participated in VW’s Atlas program.

July 26, 2020 11:00 PM

When COVID-19 dramatically curtailed activity at Volkswagen dealerships across much of the nation, it also curtailed the use of thousands of service loaner Atlas crossovers that those dealerships maintained to keep their customers on the go.

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