Volkswagen has confirmed that it is rebooting the storied Scout off-road truck brand with a line of electric SUVs and pickups that will made in the United States. The Scouts will be built by a new company under the VW Group umbrella on an electric platform designed to accommodate "rugged" vehicles, but not until 2026. Prototypes will be revealed next year, however, and VW has released two concept sketches of what the first vehicles could look like. Both feature the signature tall slab slides, side window profile and rain gutters of the originals, but with four doors instead of two. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPInternational Harvester sold 532,674 Scouts, with the last built in Fort Wayne, Ind., on October 21, 1980.

Source: Fox News May 12, 2022 23:06 UTC