The carmaker to reportedly develop rugged electrical pick-ups and SUVs underneath new sub-brand for the US market.
The Volkswagen Group is seeking to arrange a brand new electrical SUV and pick-up model targeted on the US market. As per experiences, the corporate is ready to revive the Scout identify for the brand new electrical car model which can provide a variety of rugged SUVs and Trucks. This will mark the revival of the identify within the US which was beforehand used for an SUV within the Sixties and Seventies by International Harvester, now Navistar. The VW Group reportedly maintain the rights to the Scout identify within the US by way of its Traton industrial car subsidiary underneath the Navistar model.
As per experiences, the VW Group plans to function the Scout model as a standalone alongside its present manufacturers within the US equivalent to Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley. VW’s board is predicted to decide on the matter within the coming days with plans to convey the brand new Scout-badged fashions to market as early as 2026.
The Scout identify was initially used for a SUV within the Sixties and Seventies retailed by International Harvester (Now Navistar International).
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Volkswagen is eyeing gross sales of as much as 2,50,000 Scout-branded automobiles a yr within the US given the recognition of SUVs and pick-up vans out there. The firm is reportedly eyeing the set-up of a 3rd North American manufacturing facility to provide its Scout branded fashions. The firm is reportedly planning to create a devoted skateboard structure for the brand new Scout model for a variety of off-road centric SUVs and pick-up vans.
The Group is reportedly eyeing an preliminary funding within the area of $1 billion to prepared the venture with plans to supply extra financing from outdoors traders.
The vans and pick-ups are anticipated to be of an identical measurement to the US-specific VW Atlas and the Amarok.
Skoda presently makes use of the Scout identify on the extra off-road centric variants of its fashions. Skoda Octavia Scout pictured.
While initially the model shall be retailed solely within the US, the corporate is contemplating increasing to different markets sooner or later.
The VW Group presently makes use of the Scout identify as a suffix on its line-up of extra rugged-looking and off-road centric variants of Skoda vehicles. Notable examples embrace the Skoda Kodiaq Scout and the Octavia Scout property. The group presently doesn’t provide vehicles underneath the Skoda badge within the US.
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Source: WSJ
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