Hi guys. I'm from Ukraine and I'm very glad to see your overview. To question why and where this one can be used - Kakhovka Dam was blown up, and huge amounts of water flooded more than 40 villages and sites. Water covered 2 floor houses up to the roof, and these Atlases were used for saving people. So they are extremely useful in such situations.

I love the joke at the beginning when James says "the most capable off road vehicle ever" and its not a 1994 geo tracker. Classic James.

These vehicles help a lot to evaluate people and animals from flood caused by destruction of the dam in Nova Kahovka.

This is one luxury apocalypse SUV.

Seeing this truck doing search and rescue today in the flooded regions of Ukraine, I'd say it's absolutely worth it's price tag.

Atlas/Sherp is now saving ppl at Kherson out of water traps, great vehicles 100%

You'll see these drive-floating through the floodwaters in Kherson on a lot of France 24's coverage. Pretty remarkable boat / ambulance.

This has to be the best ATV ever designed. Absolute masterpiece of a machine. Bravo Ukraine 🇺🇦🇧🇬

This is the ultimate scooby doo mystery machine

It looks like a SHERP that went through a Pokemon style evolution.

This might be the most interesting vehicle you guys ever driven on this channel! :D Thanks a lot for sharing!

“All one unit just like you” James and Justin are the dream team power couple we never knew we needed

My university teacher showed us a video about Atlas during lessons last year. We were studying transmission and as one of the examples he showed us this one, because this thing runs on only 90 HRSPRS engine! So cool to see it on Donut now! Hello from UA💙💛

60 km/h -> 37 mph

5:23 - 5:31 Gotta love the iDroid sounds from MGSV that they used in this part, honestly apart from the incredible editing, the sound work's fantastic too! It's super cool when you are able recognize the sounds being used and know where they came from 😉

Hi guys! I am sincerely glad that you like our Ukrainian all-terrain vehicle! I hope we also really like your F-16 fighter jets and A-10 Thunderbolt attack planes. I am a Ukrainian soldier. Thank you very much for your support! In God We Trust! Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇺🇲

Literally thinking to myself how Justin was looking like he might be a personal trainer at the beginning of the clip and then James goes and calls him a unit LOL

Need a Hi/Lo video on this

Thank you for sharing about Ukraine's technologies guys. Glory to Ukraine!

Very timely. I just watched a video showing one in rescue service following the Nova Kakhovka dam disaster in Kherson.

Cheers from Ukraine! Thank you, guys, for your videos. This channel is one of few inspiring things that happened in my life for last year.

This thing exists so that James can stay 12 years old and totally be encouraged to do so. It's like a treefort sketch with best friends that came to life.

I am SHOCKED that the Atlas only weighs 4800lbs! Pretty incredible.

2014: strafing in video games 2024: strafing in giant boat trucks

Crazy to see the car in the news at the moment while it's rescues people from flooding in Ukraine

I live in northern Alberta and I see these around every now and then, the oilfield people use them to prospect and plan. They are perfect for up here because its very soft swampy ground.

I was just doing evacuations in Kherson which was flooded after the dam breach, as water levels lowered and some vehicles could start entering the area we stopped operating in boats and the Ukrainians started using these - well i saw one at least. Not much room for people, but enough for a couple of stretchers.

Hey! That's Saratoga Springs! I drive on those trails!

I love the dynamic between Justin and James

So both the Atlas and the Sherp are made in Ukraine, apparently. Both seems like a vehicle suitable for recovery work across all terrain. Even places like Pripyat or what's left of the Kherson floodplains.

Love the team at Donut!! Keep up the good work!!!!

Well, the issue's here in that is at first was snow/swamp vehicle named SHERP, which was invented in Russia, and then Ukranian businessman came and start production. And now, because of war both countries make their own same vehicles but in different names (Russian variant calls Typhoon).

If Justin was a car, he'd be an Atlas 😅

I love the gradual increase in panic as they drive out into the water

0:34 "I'm Justin", "I'm James", "AND WE ARE TEAM ROCKET"

Our search and rescue team here in the black hills of south Dakota has two of these bad boys haha. Saw them floating down the creek in one once

I love all the nervous laughter as soon as y’all got on the water. I’d be in the same boat.

The talent on display is incredible!

"Is it a car or a boat?" "YES!" I wanna see Steve Wallis camp inside that thing

Justin and James doing stuff could be its own channel. I could watch them together doing random stuff all the time.

I’ve become convinced that James is an absolute joy to work with, seems like someone I’d want to be my coworker. He’s hilarious and it’s clear he makes everyone laugh all the time, but he also seems like the kind of guy that gives people compliments unprompted. He’s not one of those “funny” guys that puts other people down (except maybe Nolan lmao), instead he lifts others up and he does it in a hilarious yet completely genuine way.

That tyres tech is amazing!!!! ❤ I’m in love

Ukrainian here. Saw these in our Carpathian mountains as resque vehicles. Great video.

I saw a clip of this in the news today being used in the rescue efforts following the dam breach in Ukraine.

Donut team is living the dream

5:56 - Let's see how this thing will run over rock. This is a pretty big rock! Atlas: Idk, looks pretty flat to me..

That looks like it'd be waaay too much fun!! ...😂...Keep up the content fellas!!

james made justin giggle 🤣 bro was speechless

Great to be seeing James back so often, you and Justin make a great team.

The sherp can turn in water because it uses differential thrust plus it is more repairable and smaller so they both have their advantages.

10:46 Love this moment

Oh shit James built up the confidence to drive again after he almost flipped a Subaru MO POWA BABUH

Cheers from Kyiv! You guys are awesome!

for saving people and for going off-road anywhere yeah It's worth it

For those who dont know, it is actually Russian designed vehicle, produced in different countries. The real creator was Alexei Garagashyan from Saint Petersburg, and real name was Sherp. The vehicle later was acquired by Ukrainian business man Vladimir Scholnik.

Currently seen on news bulletins being used by Ukrainian rescue services rescuing people from the catastrophic flooding in Kherson...

I think this is the second most scared I've seen both James and Justin. First most scared was also in Utah this week in the Matt's Recovery rigs. Boys are learnin all about the pucker factor.

Glad to see some positive stuff about Ukraine) Cheers from Kyiv!

"it does make a better boat than any car I;ve ever driven" HAHA!!! This thing is way cooler than that overlanding camper truck built on an F550 that you tested, and costs about 20% of what that other thing costs. Really cool!

I want sciencey videos and up to speed and stuff to come back. MAKE IT COME BACK.

I think the biggest difference that sets this apart from the "Sherp" is that it actually has wheels that steer whereas the sherp uses a skid steer system

So completely off topic but gotta share. Was watching 1 of your videos with my little kitten I was trying to think of a name for her. Her motor is going crazy. You said hrzprz and she looked right at the screen. She is officially HerzPurzz

I think the Formula Off Road guys in Iceland might disagree with the statement that the Atlas is the most capable off road. Their cars don't float but they do drive them across ponds & lakes and they race up vertical cliffs. If you haven't seen what they do you should check them out.

You guys giggling when on the water made my day. You all are consistently putting out my favorite car-related content. Keep it up!

Imagine trying to explain to the cops you had no idea you ran over 3 people back there.

Thanks for explaining the difference to the SHERP

Glory to Ukraine! 💪

I love how the "whole unit, just like you" bit caught him off guard ahahaha.

Wow! I’ve never known that this monster designed in my country 🇺🇦 ❤

Дякуємо за зброю! Боже бережи Сполучені Штати!!!🇺🇸🇺🇦🤙

Whoever's making the next Batman movie needs to see this. Also interesting switching suspension to low PSI tires is one of biggest things to happen to bicycles in past ten years.

Justin was a great addition to the team

The thing I love most about donut is that no matter how they try you can right away tell where ad is so you can skip it

These cars have shown themselves in rescue operations during the period of cataclysms from the best side.

This is literally my backyard where I go wheeling this is so cool to see y'all getting out here to Utah, y'all should do an event next time y'all are here

I love the Justin/James combo recently!

It really feels like this channel is in its golden age. They have expanded in some ways, have way more resources than ever before, but have kept the feel of what drew us all to Donut in the first place. Plenty of standard episodes coming out that are great, but then we get videos like this or the Brazil trip (plenty of others I could reference here) thrown it at a consistent rate. Firing on all cylinders

My favorite duo on this channel

I think donut media is the only channel that can make a sponsor interesting

8:45 You maths is quite off here. 60 Km/h is about 37.3 mph.

Does anyone know why this and the SHERP look so similar are they from the same manufacturer? I know they're both built in Ukraine

wow they cost more now, back in 2016 they were $65k new ones based on same old underpinning of the last gen . same goes for the Russian 8x8 AVTOROS SHAMAN $137,000 but now $289,360.00. when these were starting out they were cheap now they staggering price out reach for many. a lot rescue people got them to help people far out in the wild got these things when they cheap but now 3-4 times the cost are they really worth it any more are they now out the reach for rescue services to buy because at these prices im sure you could make one in usa for cheaper

Petition for Donut to buy one of those and convert it into a camper!!

cant wait for doug to review it

THE DACIA LOGAN GEARKNOB THO

I like that front opens on the Sherp

Best off road vehicle ever with the sherp but unfortunately to slow for the highway.

I love this Atlas. It would be an amazing trail vehicle and tent too!

I don't know if this has been said, but it needs to be said, I really like new guy, he fits with the rest of the team really well.

It looks like fun. Looks great for a glacier here in Iceland.

HAHAHA the water part was funny ! 🤣

The weight of the vehicle is really impressive. Less than a lot of family SUVs today.

Greetings from Ukraine! 🇺🇦

Man, this thing looks awesome.

I love the use of thestradmans videos in the beginning, when he drove it and filmed that, nice to see

this as a camper would be sick

I liked when James did a Doug at the beginning! 😊🤣

Some interesting politics going on here. If we overlook the axes to grind, this vehicle is an evolution from the sherp design and borrows most of the core concepts while adding some features on to them. Sherp was designeded in Russia by a Russian, and then bought/licenced in Ukraine by an "entrepreneur" and made in both countries. Atlas then spins off from Sherp and pursues a very pro Ukrainian marketing strategy, whilst looking to internationally manufacture and sell their version of the ATV as entirely separate and competing product. Shortly afterwards, the Ukraine based HQ/division of sherp manages to suspend the licenses to the Russian side and now owns the name and patents as far as western business law is concerned. This while they are still being manufactured in Russia. So what does this mean? Both vehicles can definitely trace their origin to Russia even though the both companies are technically Ukrainian now. As an analogy, you could think of the Sherp like the T80/84 tank, Russian/soviet in origin but Ukraine made. To extend the analogy, the Atlas would be more like a polish PT91 with definite Russian DNA, but a separate animal.

I like how James always explains the jokes on the merch

Glory to the heros! this thing is incredible, sherp on steroids