QOTD: How Are You Feeling About the Scout?

by Tim Healey

Published: October 25th, 2024

qotd how are you feeling about the scout

The Scout is out.

What do you think about the truck and SUV?

Are the new Scouts good-looking? Ugly? A cynical marketing ploy from a company that could've just built these vehicles and slapped a VW badge on them instead of resurrecting the Scout brand?

I've not yet had a chance to dig deep, but my first take is that the styling is attractive but a bit derivative.

Now it's your turn. What say you?

Sound off below.

[Image: Scout]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Zerofoo on Oct 28, 2024
Will the batteries burn under water if I take it to the beach and get it into salt water up to the doors? I saw too many videos of EVs burning in garages after our last two hurricanes.

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Greg Lnsd on Oct 28, 2024
Another EV. Sigh. I have zero interest.Much more expensive.Too long to charge. You are a sitting duck for criminals.Very heavy, wear out tires.Get in an accident, they have to total the vehicle.FiresAfter 100,000 miles the battery is shot - so is the car. We've upgraded both of our vehicles by about a decade. I did full services, transmission flushes and expect to keep both for 10 years. Something we've not done before.

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