VW to use Scout name as electric pickup

[jasonj80 1,018]

Explains why the Bronco Scout name didn’t happen, 

 

https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/vw-revive-scout-electric-suv-pickup-us-report-says

[silvrsvt 3,714]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/vw-reviving-scout-name-for-electric-off-road-truck-suv?utm_campaign=trueanthem_manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0NuUqZx8bjx8YYr-j6j8X3ZMnamuFhamQPK-UssepkjLQ2WfEKvEzXZW4
 

and a SUV…wonder if this will push Ford to come out with the Bronco EV sooner then later 

[silvrsvt 3,714]

Reading another article-this looks like it will be something along the lines of the Bronco Sport and  Maverick, not the Ranger and Bronco. 

[AGR 228]

8 hours ago, silvrsvt said:

Reading another article-this looks like it will be something along the lines of the Bronco Sport and  Maverick, not the Ranger and Bronco. 

 

The VW design boss had a now-deleted post on his Instagram page showing both a pickup and SUV:

VW will revive Scout nameplate for electric pickup (autoblog.com)

[silvrsvt 3,714]

On 5/11/2022 at 11:57 PM, AGR said:

 

The VW design boss had a now-deleted post on his Instagram page showing both a pickup and SUV:

VW will revive Scout nameplate for electric pickup (autoblog.com)

 

Why would VW spend money on developing a Pickup the same size as the Ranger? They can't sell it in the US, so something smaller would make more sense since it wouldn't duplicate effort in other parts of the world. 

[rmc523 3,957]

2 hours ago, silvrsvt said:

 

Why would VW spend money on developing a Pickup the same size as the Ranger? They can't sell it in the US, so something smaller would make more sense since it wouldn't duplicate effort in other parts of the world. 

If it’s an EV, they can be using their own architecture and long term not be dependent on Ford for an entrant in the segment 

[AGR 228]

5 hours ago, silvrsvt said:

 

Why would VW spend money on developing a Pickup the same size as the Ranger? They can't sell it in the US, so something smaller would make more sense since it wouldn't duplicate effort in other parts of the world. 

 

I don't know, ask that designer.

[silvrsvt 3,714]

2 hours ago, rmc523 said:

If it’s an EV, they can be using their own architecture and long term not be dependent on Ford for an entrant in the segment 

 

The thing is that the Amarok goes into production sometime next year and the Scout Pickup/SUV start in 2025/26?

I'm going to assume the Amarok deal lasts at least one complete generation of 5-10 years with the Ranger. 

But who knows what is going on long term with the VW-Ford linkups in different markets too....

[AGR 228]

1 hour ago, silvrsvt said:

 

The thing is that the Amarok goes into production sometime next year and the Scout Pickup/SUV start in 2025/26?

I'm going to assume the Amarok deal lasts at least one complete generation of 5-10 years with the Ranger. 

But who knows what is going on long term with the VW-Ford linkups in different markets too....

 

Maybe VW isn't allowed to sell the Amarok in North America, but they want a piece of the pie anyway.

[rmc523 3,957]

12 hours ago, AGR said:

 

Maybe VW isn't allowed to sell the Amarok in North America, but they want a piece of the pie anyway.

 

Yup, this makes sense to me.

[silvrsvt 3,714]

18 hours ago, AGR said:

 

Maybe VW isn't allowed to sell the Amarok in North America, but they want a piece of the pie anyway.

 

6 hours ago, rmc523 said:

 

Yup, this makes sense to me.

 

But why spend all that Money on a product that is basically different from everything else you make (I don't know any other BOF VWs) and making it Unibody would lose pretty much any creed it would have with the off road crowd.

 

That is why I see this being more like the Bronco Sport and Maverick then the Bronco and Ranger. 

[twintornados 2,738]

14 hours ago, silvrsvt said:

 .....and making it Unibody would lose pretty much any cred it would have with the off road crowd.

 

I'll just leave this right here...

 

 

 

[silvrsvt 3,714]

9 hours ago, twintornados said:

 

I'll just leave this right here...

 

 

 

I know about the Cherokee, but also remember it wasn’t marketed for that and part of the reason it was popular was because it was cheap. 
 

the Scout is going to have a lot of people shitting on it because it’s a VW and BEV. 
 

plus don’t forget this was a thing too

 

[rmc523 3,957]

On 5/15/2022 at 5:02 PM, silvrsvt said:

 

 

But why spend all that Money on a product that is basically different from everything else you make (I don't know any other BOF VWs) and making it Unibody would lose pretty much any creed it would have with the off road crowd.

 

That is why I see this being more like the Bronco Sport and Maverick then the Bronco and Ranger. 

 

Range Rovers are unibody.

 

I dunno, maybe they figure going after a segment so different than everything else they make might do well?