VW To Resurrect the IH Scout as an Electric Vehicle.

[Hay Dude]

I had several Scouts and IH trucks. Ran great but the body only lasted 3 years. Build a diesel Scout and you have a deal.

There was a diesel Scout. Someone on TBN still runs one!
Nissan diesel.

 

[Yander]

Will go over like a lead balloon. Who in the world is their target market.

My brother-in-law had one in 80s. He was a dairy farmer with his dad but worked at Honda during the day.

He would be the last person on the planet with an EV.

 

[California]

Will go over like a lead balloon. Who in the world is their target market.

My brother-in-law had one in 80s. He was a dairy farmer with his dad but worked at Honda during the day.

He would be the last person on the planet with an EV.

Dunno if you've noticed but a lot of new jeeps are 'Barbie Jeeps' driven by single young women.

Maybe that's the target market.

 

[ultrarunner]

All the new jeeps at work are female owned... all the way to a Rubicon...

There is a 2020 jeep owned by an RN originally from New York...

I asked her about it and she said she bought it new when she moved to California... then the pandemic came and so far not once have the tires been on dirt but guys will ask her about the jeep when she stops for gas.

The Rubicon is owned by the MRI tech and she said everyone in her family drives keeps and she was with her dad many times on the Rubicon trail but hers is too nice for that according to her dad... just uses it for out of the way camping...

 

[Oaktree]

Will go over like a lead balloon. Who in the world is their target market.

Same people who buy the new Bronco maybe? From what I understand they sell quite well.

 

[Hay Dude]

Will go over like a lead balloon. Who in the world is their target market.

My brother-in-law had one in 80s. He was a dairy farmer with his dad but worked at Honda during the day.

He would be the last person on the planet with an EV.

Target market is Americans desperately searching for the identity of a true outdors-person. They want people to think they dig the earth, chainsaw the timber, conquer the wilds, shoot the game animals & throw women over their shoulders (or men I guess ) back to their cabin in the woods.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

Target market is Americans desperately searching for the identity of a true outdors-person. They want people to think they dig the earth, chainsaw the timber, conquer the wilds, shoot the game animals & throw women over their shoulders (or men I guess ) back to their cabin in the woods.

Never own a truck that was anything but fun. Wheeling days are over, so now, fun to drive and practical for my needs. If it looks good enough come 5 years or so, I would consider as an option, if I was in the market.

 

[dodge man]

Lots of reasons not to buy an electric vehicle but running out of juice in the Lincoln Tunnel is way down on the list.

 

[Hay Dude]

Lots of reasons not to buy an electric vehicle but running out of juice in the Lincoln Tunnel is way down on the list.

Until it happens….
You obviously haven’t spent much time stuck in traffic behind disabled cars.

BTW “running out of juice in the Lincoln Tunnel” is just one example of thousands of traffic jam spots where an EV could run out of juice, and block traffic for a long time until a battery charger can make its’ way through traffic to get it started.

I already can see the problems this is going to cause, because like a famous man said about EV’s

”They don’t go far”

 

[mikester]

If you don't have sense enough to watch your gauges then you get what you deserve. I get it, you don't like them. I don't like mandates designed to line somebody's pockets. Yet making up scenarios which start with somebody's stupidity is rather tedious.



Been there. I've done a lot of repairs on the road over the years, before smartening up and running better vehicles. I once replaced the roll pin on the distributer of an F150 with a nail to get it out of the woods, and ran it thst way for over a year before selling it. Wheel bearings on a 4x4 Ranger in the woods, brakes on my Toyota in the parking lot of a motel in Canton NY... I pulled the thermostat on that same truck at 5:30 in the morning on the NY thruway.
Considering all of the places I worked back then and as many times as I broke down, it's a wonder that I was always within 30 miles of home when I had to get towed.
But it wasn't just older vehicles. I left home in my company truck and when I hit the highway the transmission shifted into second and puked right there on the side of the road. I'd never had a problem until then. Of course it was a Chevrolet with one of their disposable trannys.

Driving an EV is like driving a peanut tank motorcycle with a hole in the tank that gets bigger when it gets cold outside or when you drive faster. The estimated ranges provided by the EV manufacturers are about as good as looking into the peanut tank fill cap in the dark without a flashlight.

It's harder to shake an EV to see how many electrons you have left.