Not sure where they do their research but, nobody in rural America wants a EV.

Great another $60k+ EV that will depreciate like a rock

"30% of customers said they want their new vehicle to be EV... so we went that route." So 70% of customers said they dont want their new vehicle to be EV, so you went ahead and made it an EV? Brilliant.

You lost me at the :37 mark "...all electric Scout..."

An all electric Scout, VW answering the question that no one is asking.... Put a TDI and some solid axels on it and now were talking.

Was interested until I heard it’s EV only. These guys can’t be blind to the current market pull-back from EVs? Huge risk here

They missed the EV window. EV fanboys have already adopted and the market will only grow at gunpoint.

My 81 year old dad and his, would be 93 year old Brother built the old Scout's. So I was very excited when I saw this, then you said EV. Too bad.

As someone that has owned 4 of the best Scouts made, congrats to the new Scout company on building a Bronco

I love how car companies can get almost everything right on a remake, but always fail in one area that can kill the whole brand. In this case it's the electric powertrain. It'll loose hard to the bronco because of that

I liked the after market range extenders on the old Scout. Five gallons each!

Sweet! A new Scout! (watching excitedly for 35 seconds until I hear it's all electric...) Ah, well that sucks. Moving on.

Build a off road battery vehicle that you can"t recharge anywhere off road! Great business model. Have fun driving it in a shopping mall bro.

OK, I wish them all the success the old Scout platform deserves. By waiting a year or so, with a product available in the 2026 release year, they will be able to learn a lot about "what works and what does not work!" The planners should call Ford and ask "How are those all electric trucks working out for ya Buddy!" The Scout team better do their homework!

As a current EV owner, all I can say is I can't wait for my 2024 Tacoma to come in. Going all Electric on the new scout is a mistake.

Can’t wait to have another $100k EV 4x4 on the market! If they really want to burry the competition, make a bare bones 4x4 plug-in hybrid priced around $45k.

There is indeed a lot of history behind International Harvester and the Scout. My family all worked at the Fort Wayne harvester plant and actually my great great grandfather helped build the heat treat ovens there during construction of the plant. Between uncle's and grandparents my family had about 140 years of service to IH. It was a very sad day when construction of the Scout ended and when they closed down the plant in the 80s. My dad built and did a full frame off restoration on my grandfather's scout in the mid 90s to commemorate my familes history at IH, it was an insanely cool truck with a bunch of custom parts that made it something truly special. It was totalled by new owners a long time ago but the memories live on. I know most of Fort Wayne would have loved to see them build the plant here. But at least it's still American made. Hopefully the new models will live up to their hype. Great video guys, keep em coming!

I owned a 1980 scout with the Nissan turbo diesel and the 4-speed manual. I got 36 mpg with it.

Something missing with the new Scout. A V8

I was excited to see your video about the possibility of one of my all time favorites returning, that is until 0:36..."an all electric scout" 🤮. Have we learned nothing over the last couple of years.....?

Awesome news! We need something fresh to stir things up. We can never have too many $80k off-road vehicles for the everyman!

It looks pretty good styled kind of like the old one, at least should make a 4cyl gas version so people can take it into the woods like camping and stuff

Why not put the VW 4 cylinder turbo in here or make a hybrid?

Would have been nice if they had used a normal, reliable internal combustion engine. Something robust like the Toyota 4.0 or a small diesel engine like they always use in 4x4s overseas.

I’m going to recharge mine with currant bushes.

My Grandpa worked as an engineer for International Harvester back in the day. My mom‘s first car was a 1970 scout! Super cool to see these come back my mom loved her scout, but said it sucked down gas like nothing she had ever driven before. Good thing gas back then was like $.30 a gallon 🤯

I don't see this company making it to production but time will tell.

I thought we figured out that EV and four-wheeling don't mix?

Bubble popped at 38 seconds. 😢

I loved my 1978 Scout II! That 727 torque flight trans and a 345 V8!! Annnd lovely gas mileage of 10 mpg!! 😂😂👍😊💃

1. it will be loaded with ridiculous gadgets. 2, it will have several models, 3, it will be VERY expensive. 4, it still will NOT be able to be used for a week long trip in the back country due to battery discharge.

This is where Scout needs to understand the market a little better and put a v8 (coyote?) in it.

Just the vehicles to make use of that huge off-road charging network...

My granddad had a scout and I learned to drive in it. They were very heavy vehicles. It went through the snow really well as long as you had speed on your side, but if you got it stuck it took an International Harvester tractor to pull it out.

I have visions of being stranded in the tree line with dead batteries…. I wish they would make an “overland” version with a small gas engine or Hydrogen engine, if they want to stay Zero emissions) for “on the trail charging”. I really feel like we true “Off-roaders” suffer from range anxiety, more than most other owners. One of the guys in my community brought his Rivian on one of our easier “Nature” trails. This trail winds through some mountains and ends at a rural town about 40 miles (Airmiles, NOT GROUND MILES) away. It has lots of twists and turns and lots of rocky, uphill climbs. When he began, the Rivian driver showed that he had over 200 miles of range. We ended up having to bring a generator back from town to charge him, as his batteries ran flat a few miles out of town. All the uphill driving used his charge up a lot sooner than he thought it would.

>aw yeah the Scout is coming back! >I hope its capable and affordable >All electric Well there goes any excitement I had.

Looking at the concept drawings I get basically zero feelings of scout nostalgia.

Keep it simple, spartan, convertible and with solid axle dana 44s!

Interested until the word "Electric." On our farm, we had a 1962 (I think) Scout. Noisy, rough, leaky thing that could go Anywhere!

I find it unbelievable that fans of the OG Scout would be the slightest bit excited about an electric variant... 🤷‍♂️

Was super excited. Lost me at EV only…seems like a major mistake with all the EV pushback.

Love the old Scouts. Had an old one to plow snow with. Engines last forever. Had to get a fiberglass body because the original rusted.

Not having an ICE option is a big mistake in my opinion. Seems to me like they are relying way to heavy on Kommifornia and mandates.

I had a 1952 International 1/2 ton pick up-with "highway gears" -unbreakable! Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

Reliability, zero. Depreciation, massive.

Best classic scout I ever saw was at Fort Knox. It belonged to a SFC that was a Drill Sgt for the 19D course.

I learned to drive in a Scout. I think it had about 80 horsepower? 3 speed, four cylinders. If you shifted into compound low, it would lug forever. It was sort of a convertible. If you un unbolted the top, and got three friend to help you move it off, you could sort of get the tires to chirp if you really hit the throttle and dropped the clutch. My siblings got to drive a Scouit II. My dad also took a look at an International Travelall, but decided that he wanted a vehicle that could get miles per gallon rather than gallons per mile.

Why full ev? I mean I see following California but in my state chargers are so scarce it’s not even possible for a road trip

The Scout is one of my favorite vehicles ever! Thank you for covering this and please keep us in the loop if there are more updates!

Lost me at all electric

I think EV's are great commuter, ridshare, short range fleet vehicles, even potentially a farm rig. Offroading/adventure/towing EV's seem to push the capability of that powertrain. I like Toyotas philosophy of using hybrids to increase engine longitivity, mpg, and torque. Is there market research on what customers use Rivians, hummer EV's, and other offroad EV's for?

If only they were gonna build a hybrid 😩😩 EV won’t work for me, I drive 500+ miles on one go sometimes

Is the wrangler 4xe still the best selling phev after all of the price hikes? There seems to be a market for 4wd turbo 4 cylinder hybrid and they plan to ignore it.

So this new Scout will be really just for people who don't really go long distances and who have off road access close to where they live?

I had a 62 half cab and I had a 78 Terra Scout. They were very interesting, very simple trucks. Funny to think, they used medium size truck engines in the Scout so they were very heavy on the front. The 304 and 345 ci engines were used in the IH dump trucks as well. The 392 was put in the pickups and Travelall (suburban size SUV). very durable industrial engines and probably to much for the Scout really. My uncle worked at IH Fort Wayne when he graduated engineering school. He worked on all that and then transitioned over the the heavy truck side.

I grew up with international vehicles. Learned to drive in my dad’s 1963 IH pickup (3 on a tree!) & we had family vacation road trips in a 1973 Travelall. Loved them & loved the scout. If they make a truly capable 4x4 that is affordable it will fly out of the showrooms.

i had a '73 International Travelall (exactly like the middle pic @ 4:50) thing was a beast !

Too bad navistar (who designed the original powerstroke 7.3) couldn’t put a smaller modern diesel in there, or a TDI

I think a hybrid platform is the future. The pure EV platform still has a lot of improvements before it is truly accepted.

Should of started with a plug in hybrid. Imagine being in the middle of nowhere with a low battery and nowhere to charge.

The general public’s desire for EVs may have been slightly over estimated. Good luck.

I'm not really into the EV aspect of it and I still don't see EVs playing out long term... but I guess as long as we're going down that path this is pretty cool way to do it. I'm a big International fan myself and one of my earliest memories is riding in my dad's Scout.

Just because I don't see it in the comments. As I understand it, the tractor side of International Harvester went to Case IH. And they came out with a more true to form Scout of their own as a UTV. Which is basically what the Scout 80 was, a street legal UTV.

Rory better start working on a fast charger recovery vehicle, you know, when they run out of juice in Moab.

I don't know if a european brand can properly pay homage to the Scouts. I am worried that it'll just be another luxury "off-road" crossover like the new defenders and not a mid size truck SUV like the wranglers and broncos. Europe doesn't really do trucks, even VW's Amarok is just a reskin of the ranger. I don't want another glammed up 80k midsize crossover that went for road feel over genuine off-road capability. Take a look at what they are doing to jeep, every vehicle outside of the wrangler is just some uber luxury vehicle which doesn't fit with Jeep's heritage. From a literal utility vehicle made for war, to a farm vehicle, to an enthusiast off roader. Even the "Luxury" jeeps of the past like the original grand wagoneer were more on par with mid level luxury like an olds or a plymouth and not this mercedes fighter they are making now. It would be cool if they could get it right

I would not gone full EV give the buyer options EV,gas, Diesel

Is someone forgetting that Willys produced the 4x4 station wagon prior to the Scout in 1946? Fully enclosed with some creature comforts.

I’m actually pro EV, but I’m not sure this is a good choice for a pure EV. A PHEV would seem to make much more sense. My Tesla is great for what it does, but I like that my Wrangler 4xe doesn’t actually create a problem if there’s no obvious place to charge. I also really like running under electric off-road, so an electric off-roader is actually appealing to me. However, we are about to drive to Yellowstone tomorrow and we’re taking the Jeep because I’m not confident that the Tesla would like being left unplugged for days up there and the charging options start to get scarce up that way. For an adventure rig, right now, we just don’t have enough viable charging options. The issue is not the electric drivetrain (in my opinion). The worst charging network was created by VW, so maybe they’ll fix that part of the equation if they ever want to be able to sell these here in the US.

I bought an International Scout back in 1974 and drove it about 3 years. I have fond memories of being pulled out of mud holes and deep rutted roads by my Jeep buddies!! Hahaha! I am really curious about how this will all turn out . . . Especially the EV decision.

Are they in an echo chamber or am I? I hear such mixed news surrounding evs. Someone interprets the data one way claiming they continue to grow in the market while the government seemingly forces the transition. Then, others see the data and claim these vehicles sit on the lot much longer and are slowing in sales to the point that some manufacturers are rethinking the all-ev thing and are introducing new cars that had been advertised as ev-only with now options to be an ice. This vehicle as seen in renderings elsewhere also looks like a miss and just looks like another bulky crossover. While I understand that regulations create a very difficult obstacle when designing smaller vehicles, how difficult would it be for someone to design and build a basic small vehicle with just a good old fashioned 4banger or v6? Especially if it were designed to match the former International Scout, it seems like it would sell like wild. Similar to the Gladiator. While it does seem like it sells well, it’s just a swing and a miss to me. It should have not had the back seat and been several feet shorter much like its own predecessor. At least Ford (with the Bronco) stayed true to the styling of the old Bronco (unlike Chevy just slapping Blazer on another crossover). Eh. It’d be awesome if they took the basic 2-door Wrangler, made it a little smaller, and made it as retro as possible.

And if i live in an apartment just where do I plug it in , ?????? No garage ? no scout plug in .

I own a 66 Travelall which I acquired from the original owner many decades ago...beautiful styling and glass.

I was excited until I heard "an all electric Scout".

Is the scout going to look and feel somewhat like a historical Scout, or is it going to be a Rivian clone? Is this going to be just another thick skate board battery chassis with a current generic body plopped on top of it or is it going to be something really special?

I remember my dad saying he almost bought an IH Travelall, but decided on the Jeep Wagoneer after hearing that IH was on their way out. He bought a 1983 Jeep Wagoneer with Quadratrac. which was a fully automatic four-wheel drive system. You could really feel it when the front wheels kicked in and started driving, though it didn't generally do so unless we had a good snow or were driving it in the fields.

At this point the the "man" from Scout Motors on EV's is off. Sales of EV's have cooled off substantially. Actually, one thing keeping EV's alive at this point is the subsidies. Without those the sales of EV's would be worse.

They are making a mistake not taking stuff from VW like a drive train from Porsche, etc. This is gonna be a miss.

all electric...i'm out

The V-8 Scouts used fuel like a Saturn 5.

This is really surprising actually. Here I was thinking that VW would just use the name as a rebadged VW and have it be a soft roader. I was not expecting VW to give Scout so much freedom on this project. I especially love how they're really trying to stay true to the heritage. Consulting with the enthusiast groups is a great move. I was not expecting this. I'm excited to see what they have offer.

A hard use case for EVs at a compelling price…good luck

They should go with a hybrid engine to start.

As an owner of a 2021 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 which I love more than anything, I'm excited although wish there would be big V8.

My old roomate had a 71 or 72 (??? I could have the year totally off) Harvester. It was a cool truck. I could see the road through the floor boards! He had a Scout before that. Your point just prior to 15:00 in was proven with the new Bronco. Put aside the fact that it's a Ford, the BRONCO had a following... and the following returned, regardless of how they felt about other Fords.

Our house had a mid-70s Scout when we lived in the deep outback of Alaska. Took us everywhere you didn't need a snowmobile, in temperatures far below zero. Don't try this with an EV.

It should be a hybrid similar to what Toyota is doing with the new Land Cruiser.

So sad to hear it only going to be electric. I drove a scout back to Texas for a relative that was closing down his farm In Missouri. It’s a nice 4 wheeler that is very much like a wrangler or a bronco. Would be so cool for it to be remade as a hybrid and retain some of its heritage as a IH Scout. Hopefully VW Scout will see the writing on the wall and make it a hybrid. No serious off roader would consider a all electric 4 wheeler for overlanding or far out off-roading. VW should also consider remaking the VW Thing in 4 wheel drive!😅

It surprised me how truly mechanically simple my International 1100 was, the hardest part of restoration has been cosmetic! Making an EV, I doubt that'll stay the same..

Good luck to the company

International makes ambulances too, to this day

This is awesome news! I'm a Jeep guy, but with the recent post about Stellantis drifting apart from the Jeep tradition, I'm a little concern. My family owned two amazing Scouts back in the late 70's and early to mid 80's. A Scout II and a Scout Rally, boy those were awesome vehicles!

Bringing the scout back would be great if it had solid axles front and back , and a modern efficient ICE which new computer controlled fuel injected ICE's are now , very efficient and very low emmissions . The many problems with electric vehicles (as the tech stands now) , such as range, range off road (running out of battery in the bush, can't plug into a tree and solar is a no go, again how battery tech stands now) and range during cold weather , infrastructure , pollution created from mining the raw materials, to make the batteries as well as generating the power to charge the millions of electric vehicles that potentially will be out there in the future , battery disposal and cost, not to mention the human cost of the horrific exploitation of cheap labour (child labour) to mine the materials off shore. No , it all sounds good but the tech isn't there yet , not by a long way , they keep pushing these electric vehicles and in some instances they are a good fit i.e.. running around town , then go home and plug it in , but then if everyone had one the grid would crash . And how about the battery fires that produce it's own oxygen and are very, very difficult to extinguish without the correct fire fighting gear.... Just to name a few. For an off road vehicle or heavy hauler or long distance on and off road tourer , as the technology stands now it is a no go. The powers that be are trying ram this down peoples throats before the tech is there or the grid-infrastructure. Should they keep working on alternate forms of power yes of course hydrogen is a good one , but as of this writing it just isn't there yet for electric. As I said ICE are very efficient and low, low emitters of pollution and they are getting better and better all the time . This is what engineers should be concentrating on , making the ICE as efficient as possible and continue to evolve it. Cheers Wild Bill Jeep overloading the remotest parts of northern Canada .

BEVs are not the way forward. It may be a fun goal but so is a flying car and warp drive. The reality is we do not have an electrical grid capable of supporting convenient BEV charging, battery technology is still too slow to charge, very fragile, and far too expensive for most peoples income. If you want to make toys for the very rich who will abandon them like Porsches in the desert of Dubai, be upfront about that. If it’s not a hybrid, don’t talk to me.

ohhh its Scout and not the much rumoured Toyota Stout

I was excited until the mid-point of the video when the electric only bomb was dropped... Personally the niche that needs to be filled is a simple, no frills utilitarian vehicle for a reasonable price which is impossible to find these days. I saw another video about the new stripped down, inexpensive Toyota Hilux. People want these vehicles as opposed to luxury SUVs that cost an arm and a leg. That's what I was hoping for the Scout. EV only? Uggh.

I'm gonna have to try and find a copy of that book. While I don't claim to know much about International, old or current, I like what I do know. Their vehicles are really cool, and they look really nice too, and I'd love to learn more. They're also among my favorite trucks to use in Snowrunner.

Why does every new vehicle manufacturer feel they must have such a high belt line and tiny green house that requires cameras to see out of ??? Don't tell me crash standards, that's a cop out. Bringing a properly proportioned greenhouse would actually increase safety, due to visibility, ESPECIALLY for a supposedly "off road" oriented vehicle. Don't tell me we don't have the technology to build a vehicle with a proper greenhouse !!! Very interested to see the final product.

I am not big fan of VW but i don't mind their ute which is sold here in Australia but are expensive but well built n offer good models. I would definitely buy Scout especially in International red but it would have offer hybrid powertrain like Toyota camery. Put AEV bumpers like TFL RAM truck, toolbox, portable fridge would great work/weekend truck.

I had a 1963 TC 1200 4x4 , I had it in the late seventies. It had a little 4-cylinder and a super low range you could get out and walk next to it faster than it would go at an idle in first gear. 😵

Doesnt Rivian already have the edge here? What will Scout offer different? By 2026-- R1T/R1S preowned will only be 45k!!🎉🎉🎉