Scout’s Lengthy-Awaited Return Simply Acquired A Reveal Date And It is Sooner Than We Anticipated

Although the primary autos will not go on sale till the top of 2026 on the earliest, we’re solely weeks away from the revived Scout’s official reveal. The upcoming fashions — each of that are anticipated to be electrical — can be a contemporary tackle the basic SUV dreamt up by Worldwide Harvester as a competitor to the CJ Jeep and Ford Bronco. 

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The corporate made totally different variants of the Scout — together with the Scout 800, the Scout II, and the Tremendous Scout II — to cater to varied demographics. Sadly, altering tastes and the 1973 oil disaster ultimately led to the demise of the road in 1980, and Worldwide Harvester ceased to exist in its authentic kind in 1985.

With SUVs extra fashionable than ever, many have been pining for the return of the enduring Scout. This demand did not fall on deaf ears, as Volkswagen acquired the Scout title and has plans to rebuild the enduring mannequin as an EV by an impartial U.S.-based firm — it has even partnered with Rivian by a three way partnership to assist develop the know-how for the brand new mannequin.

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On Tuesday, the Scout Motors homepage was up to date to indicate a shifting picture of a roof-mounted compass, in addition to the assertion “Scout revealing 10.24.2024.” That implies that on October 24, 2024, Volkswagen will present the world its tackle the basic model, doing so 44 years after the final Scout II rolled off the manufacturing line.

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Sadly, we nonetheless do not know a lot concerning the upcoming autos. Scout Motors has launched a few teaser photographs exhibiting the define of the anticipated EVs, each of which have a boxy look much like Rivian fashions. Consumers can have a alternative between an SUV or a pickup truck model of the automobile.

Though the model is now owned by the Germany-based Volkswagen, the corporate is working onerous to retain the Scout’s American roots by constructing the brand new fashions utterly inside the USA, particularly at its Scout Motors Manufacturing Middle in Blythewood, South Carolina. Building on the 1,100-acre facility began in February 2024, and if every part goes as deliberate, automobile manufacturing will begin in late 2026.

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