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https://archive.is/zhZHN
Just make it with an ICE and they will sell millions of them, F EV’s.
Then, last year, VW announced its plan to revive the brand as a fully-owned independent American subsidiary with local management centered around an iconic American vehicle—a first for VW.
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Props to the decision makers at VW for doing something cool and interesting like this.
I had an international scout. It was ‘ok’.
late 1950s, when Ted Ornas, an auto designer for International Harvester, designed the company’s first Scout, a four-wheel-drive recreational vehicle, something that didn’t exist at the time.
Fastest rusting vehicle ever built.
Hmmm, VW, the brand that started as affordable cars for everyone, it’s right there in their name even, but who now makes some of the most expensive mass produced cars on the market. Now they’re going to once again “revive” an old cheap car and make it expensive. I mean they’re the most profitable out there, so I suppose it will work for them, everything seems to. But no. If I want a VW it’s cause I want a cheap durable people’s car.
Unless it is an ICE, forget it.
Bring back The Thing!
Achtung Baby
Who’s gonna take an EV off road? I wouldn’t ford a stream or take on any obstacles which could upend it or crack the battery case.
So you run out of juice 40 miles in.....how does one recharge. Get a battery dropped in by drone?
Idea musta’ been cooked up by the same people who cooked up the hyped tdi mileage claims, then cheated on the smog testing software. Supposed to get 50 or so mpg highway...got about 44. Chevy Cruze diesel got 52 mpg highway rated. Reports of manual trans. getting 70 mpg.
My mechanic tells me vw requires special tools for repair. Hates working on them. Says the reason there are so many vws for sale is that once warranty runs out...people get rid of them. If vw wants to get inroads into usa....needs to create modern tech version of the bug. Simple, easily repairable, and durable.
End of verbose rant.
Yeah. No.
Scouts, like Jeeps, were/are rugged, minimalist vehicles.
Lithium-powered AI vehicles are not minimalist vehicles.
The IH Travelall was an amazing vehicle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Travelall
My dad had the 1968 version.
Electric? Utter nonsense.
The Volkswagen Rabbit was made and marketed exclusively for homosexuals.
The Beetle prior to that, was a forerunner in homosexual advertising but they realized that it was not easy to engage in sodomy while “riding” in the “back” of those things.
Volkswagen is the preeminent brand of degenerate homosexual products, and they are proud of it.
A rugged all electric EV?
This looks good on paper until they run into supply line shortages like everyone else.
wy69
Volkswagen brought Navistar, so they got the Scout name with the merger.
In the upper midwest, a 40-50 year old Scout still will bring a premium and will be snapped-up quickly if it doesn’t sell thru the buddy-network. No matter how many times the floor pan has been replaced.