How International Scout is making a comeback!

Return of the international Scout. Volkswagen BUYS International!
You probably know a lot about Volkswagen, maybe that it was founded in 1937 by the German Labor Front or that these days they're known for owning ultra-high-end supercars like Bentley, Lamborghini, and Porsche, to name a few. You probably don't know a lot about the Scout brand. Like that, it was an all-terrain family vehicle that was one of the first SUVs, though they weren’t called that then. It was a hit.
But in 2021, these two incredibly, incredibly different companies announced that they were merging? In today's video, an American company and a German company meet for business, and the Scout brand for a new electric off-road vehicle is born. But wait a minute... Volkswagen? I thought International makes highway trucks? Does this mean that Volkswagen is going into the truck business?
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[@captivecombustion]

Do you want the scout to be an EV or what engine do you think it should be?

[@maddog2771]

Gas engine or diesel

[@user-ph5lx6rx8w]

Gas or hydrogen

[@tommuenster1599]

IH 345 V8

[@williams6756]

I agree with what you say, but at least they are bringing back who made the first suv,I had 5 scouts.i still love the international scout.

[@user-ph5lx6rx8w]

@@williams6756 but as a EVit will flop

[@rogerringer7066]

This is a disaster. Scout people have been wanting the brand revived for years. THIS IS NOT THE WAY!

[@Ulfstigandr]

Worse then how dirty ford did the bronco

[@chakinsmooves2651]

Change is inevitable

[@franciscolinera7618]

Disaster indeed. Another woke, yuppie pile of garbage, another so called off roader that 99.99% of them will be found at the mall. Life goes on......

[@dracodrake45]

Bronco was much better revived than what recent old nameplates coming out

[@kyledavis4890]

I wouldnt sweat it. How lonh did it take for them to come out with the re imagined microbus? Two decades from concept to production and sales in europe

[@markmacdonald6452]

As much as I’ll like to see the return of the Scout, I wouldn’t buy an electric off road vehicle due to the fact there are not many charging stations in the great outdoors. Good for mall crawlers I guess.

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

Certainly, for the price this will cost, you could build one hell of a Scout you'd be proud to be seen in.

[@captivecombustion]

That’s a very good point and you could add a modern power train if you wanted to. Only way to keep the internally combustion engine alive is save them one at a time.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yes with a gasoline powered engine preferably a 392 v8 !!!!!!!!!

[@piercer2]

An EV “Scout” will never be a Scout, only in name.

[@dawsonfradin9071]

Whatever is powering it doesn't define the vehicle. Make it steam powered and call it a scout, I wouldnt personally care. What truly would define it as a Scout is if it lives up to what the older ones were, simple and rugged.

[@blainelashley2120]

ah yes the electric scout just what people who would drive a scout want lol.....

[@autoramaautosalesofdickinsonnd]

yes sign me up.

[@lumberjackdreamer6267]

Yes, exactly. I’m looking forward to it.

[@LegendStormcrow]

Oddly, I'm okay with it, so long as the design is simple and robust. in other words NO GERMAN ENGINEERING! If I can't blow up a building under it and start the drive home within 30 minutes I don't want it. I also want it to be chargeable with an extension cord. If I can't, them "people's car" people can go cut cats off of Priuses.

[@Hodado]

I agree with that statement

[@timinwsac]

If it is a copy of the mid 60s styling.

[@garyvanmeter4911]

If they make a pickup let's hope they offer a single cab (2 door) version with a 6.5 foot bed and real 4 wheel drive. Those super long double-cab 4wd trucks are too big for many trails.

[@michaelmaddy278]

My dad had a 67 Scout with the V8, it would go any where, the only problem was it was a rust bucket as it became a rust bucket after it was getting older. Engine an running gear out lasted the body.

[@MarcoAtlarge]

66 with the slant 4 here.

[@ynot0714]

Yes they were unfortunately. My dad still has his 71 International 4 door 1 ton pickup in the garage. It's still cool but rusted out a long time ago.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Oh yeah, the metal rolls for the scout body's was store outside until the factory was ready to use it, it was rusty before it was even body parts!!!!!

[@hermanprez]

Back in the day we owned a Scout Terra with a 345 cu in V-8. When you punched that thing it got scary fast. The top was fiberglass that came off, convertible pick up. We used to park it at the baseball field, throw a blanket on the hood and sit up there leaning against the windshield to watch the games. We'd do the same at drive-in movies. Never dented the hood. Had a lot of fun with that truck but parts started getting hard to find as Scouts were kind of Frankensteins and used parts from other makes.

[@LegendStormcrow]

All internationals have been run hard and put away wet.

[@captivecombustion]

Makes me want to pick up a project and rebuild one. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

That was part of the fun owning a Scout, figuring out what parts would work!!!!!!!

[@MrEtc31265]

Great to hear that the Scout is making a come back. But if it is going to compete and survive , it needs to offer multiple drive trains (v6, v8, diesel, E). The scout could have both public and military uses.

[@captivecombustion]

Lots of people agree! Multiple drive train options is a must.

[@TheBandit7613]

@@captivecombustion I will buy a gas or diesel, I won't buy an EV. I'll stick with my Jeep.

[@Grodd70]

@@TheBandit7613 I had a Scout like the red one in video. Great truck. I have to agree if its EV NO THANKS. Gas or diesel I'd consider it. The people that "know" the Scout name are going to want a gas or diesel and ideally with a straight axel front end. If they want to sell it to the Prius crowd who's idea of "off road" is a gravel driveway then call it something else.

[@TheBandit7613]

@@Grodd70 We think almost identical! I had a 65' Scout, it was my first 4x4. Loved it. I also had an early Bronco, loved it too. I don't want the new Bronco because Ford cheated and put Bronco sheet metal over a Ranger. If they were going to compete with Jeep, it would have to be a clean sheet design. New Scout? Yes please. EV? No thanks. Build to compete with Jeep? Straight axles, full frame, transfer case? Yes. They keep building this EV junk when only a couple percent of the population wants them. Battery and charging tech is going to have to come a LONG way before I will consider them.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Agree 100%

[@bigfoss7395]

I’d love to see the scout come back but not as an EV. You couldn’t give me one, this will be a bust.

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

Yep. Electric car has a purpose but this is not it. VERY disappointing.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Exactly what I have been saying ever since I first heard about it 2 years ago!!!! The only person that would ever want an electric Scout is the nerd with a pocket protector and 12 pens that you went to high school with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stevegee218]

International stopped selling the Scout because the US EPA mandated that emissions levels must be a calculated average across the whole line of vehicles and where the big automakers had compact cars along side of pickups, International had only "light duty" vehicles (trucks). The Scout II survived for a few years in that the emissions were less restrictive to higher GVW rated vehicles and those numbers by IH where increased with heavy duty axles until the standards were applied again to higher GVW vehicles. It is a bit full circle they return as electric as an emissions play. There was a lawsuit case - International Harvester Co. v. Ruckelshaus, 478 F.2d 615 (D.C. Cir. 1973) over emission rule changes.

[@katherynscleaning5807]

That is what killed International, I think the big the made it happen in the end

[@glenmallory9982]

What killed the scout was quite simply they never updated it. They just tacked on minor changes from 1972 until the end in 1980. The last Scouts made were in 1980 for the Post office fleet order. Basic model 2s with 4wd. This emissions discussion is off target. IH went to making the heavy duty suspension package standard because by the mid 1970s if the gross vehicle weight rating was over a certain number you didn’t need light duty emissions equipment. No catalyst no single exhaust on the V8s. True dual exhaust. For 1979 that law was changed. No way could they put 8500 lb springs on the Scout to keep the engines as they were. The emissions gear strangled the engine’s performance. They weren’t exactly screamers before, but after the change even the 345 v8 was as slow as a six banger Jeep of the same year. The heart was ripped out of a now ten year old design. Endless strikes and bad labor relations led to crappy quality control. The bodies fell off on some vehicles in three years. I know , we owned several over the decade. IH upper management always treated the Scout as the servant stepchild of the truck line. Just a great idea and a good design never given what it needed to be a big seller. Die hards loved them and still do. It’s a Baja race winner and the Jeep beater of 1977. By 1980 the bloom was off of the entire company and bankruptcy was coming. Tractor division was sold to Tenneco . The scout factory was shut. The big truck division was the only one making money, so Navistar was created out of the ashes of IHC. But this electric VW is not what us old timers want to see. Ciest la vie.

[@daniellarson3068]

Maybe a hybrid with a rotary engine spinning a generator would give lower emissions and have great 4 wheel drive driving electric motors for all 4 wheels. I'd like to see a small "worthy" SUV like the old Scout.

[@macmenace13]

I enjoyed camping with the family in our 1970 Scout. The light blue inside and out grew on you.. It was a pig with the 304 V8 with 7 MPG on a good day. It went anywhere!

[@AJ-qn6gd]

It would go anywhere, except past a fuel station ! 7 mpg 😱😱🇬🇧

[@jameslyon3750]

Growing up in rural Iowa in the 60’s I spent a lot of time at the local IH dealer with brand new tractors, combines, miscellaneous farm implements and, yes, even a couple brand new Scouts parked outside. The old Scouts, Travelalls and IH pickups weren’t appreciated so much in their day as the ride and handling characteristics left much to be desired and the local tractor shop wasn’t perhaps the best venue to market and service them.

[@r.a.d.u.s.armyret.2904]

Welp... now you can say that Scout is truly international!!😉

[@LegendStormcrow]

Take my upvote. I'm not happy about Jerries doing it though.

[@wljfree123]

We had a '71 IH pickup. It WAS a beast! 345 "Power Pack" V8 with a 4 speed. It just ran forever and would tow anything. Also had a Scout with an Isuzu diesel. Decent mileage, but body wasnt very good. I'd consider buying a new Scout IF it at least came as a Hybid. How about a TD engine option?

[@williams6756]

I really think international corporation should be making them instead

[@captivecombustion]

That would make them alot more tough!

[@seed_drill7135]

I agree they should wear an International badge, but Navistar doesn’t have a factory for building passenger vehicles.

[@noahcurtis4916]

It would be cool but Navistar doesn't own the rights to the International Harvester name. When International split in the 80's the IH trademark went to Case and the Scout trademark went to Navistar. Kinda weird how it all went down.

[@captivecombustion]

@@noahcurtis4916 that’s super interesting.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yes, the old fashioned way with real internal combustion engines like the 196ci ,304ci , 345ci and a 6 cyl diesel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gorlynmortenson7969]

Can't wait for the Scout to come out...but wish it wasn't an EV version.

[@captivecombustion]

Maybe things will change the ev push will phase out. 🤞. We want options.

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

@@captivecombustion If people don't want an EV, don't buy one. VW has had emissions reputation issues. Making a choice for customers who wouldn't normally buy a V8 truck or SUV fills a gap in the market.

[@djkenny1202]

90% of sales will likely be EV in 10 yrs. Seems best to engineer EVs over wasting time also engineering an ICE model as well.

[@justinlynch3]

@@djkenny1202 That's what the companies anyway. EV might take over cars, but so far things don't seem to be working out well for trucks and commercial vehicles. If they can't figure out the issue of massively reduced range when battery vehicles are under heavy load, then 90% of sales going EV ever sounds optimistic at best.

[@djkenny1202]

@@justinlynch3 right now much of W Europe is 80% or more passenger car EV. It’ll happen. Yes, big rigs may take more time. Might. But 10 yrs, a lot can happen. Big emissions and cost savings for heavy loads with EV.

[@kennethharriger6152]

Make it retro in style with a hybrid engine and it could be a contender against the new Bronco.

[@captivecombustion]

That would be a great combination

[@crazyprepper5400]

I guess it's not what it is.

[@jerkofalltrades5430]

Or... just give it a GAS ENGINE instead of filling it with electric garbage

[@djkenny1202]

I find Bronco mpg pretty disappointing, so yeah. But again, most cars will be EV in soon to be times.

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

They're making a hybird bronco

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

The artist rendering looks great. The weight of the tires alone will drain those batteries so fast you won't make it to the trail. Does it come with a trailer generator and ten gallons of FUEL to make it home?

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

You are rather kind, my friend I appreciate the sentiment very much. Keep kicking out the videos, and I will keep on watching. Rock&Roll!!!

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yeah, that what I said or maybe a a trailer with a 50 mile extension cord to plug up before you hit the trail, might be out there for a couple of days! What is going to happen if you high center in a creek or find a sink hole and winch line want reach to closest tree or large boulder and you are sitting there in water up to the floor boards!!!

[@ready4sea301]

My Scout was RWD with 6 cyl, 3 on the floor non-synchromesh and manual steering but I loved it nonetheless. It wasn’t a tank with fenders, but I used to call it a tractor with fenders.

[@Oldfashionedmawmaw]

That pretty much sums up my 1970 Scout! A tank with fenders! I love that! I have actually used mine to pull down trees, have even blazed new trails thru the woods with her! She will go anywhere!! Mine has the old slanted 4 cylinder engine. Not built for speed but what a work horse!! She'll pull and climb anything! 3speed shift. First gear is granny low. I Love My Scout!!

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

As close as anything you could get with out buying a tractor!

[@roysmith6118]

If you visit the Auburn-Cord-Dusenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana, you will see the last iteration of the Scout. It has an all fiberglass body! Well worth the visit.

[@allwinds3786]

They need to keep it as simple as possible!!!

[@alanstrong55]

If the Scout comes back to life, make certain that its old time quality and performance return with it. Rustproof it to the core! International kept it happening.

[@captivecombustion]

Would you get one if it was electric?

[@alanstrong55]

@@captivecombustion Likely not. No charging post in those hills.

[@williamwoolcock]

The old ones rusted like crazy.

[@northwestlogtrucker4691]

So did the broncos

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yes, you are right and I will keep patching my old Scout Terra and drive it before I will buy an electric one!!!!

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

Favorite band getting back together? More like the bass player and a karaoke machine.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yeah, love it

[@samuelcarbonell6640]

El Scout era un magnífico carro un campero international!

[@LegionOfWeirdos]

I LOVE the old Scout... hope to obtain one sometime this year. The new one looks nice but if the top doesn't come off, I won't be interested.

[@PeteD1884]

This is akin to someone taking an iconic American semi-sports car and putting out an electric SUV with the same name just to get the name recognition.

[@JayElement13]

I had a scout when I was 20 years old it was a scout II 😊man I love that thing I miss it to wish they still had it

[@harmab2]

I'm excited, wish it had the International name on it!! I have a IH 64 1200C, that my grandfather purchased new

[@captivecombustion]

We had a 72 Scout II and miss it very much. Hoping that the brand revival will bring back awareness of the history. Thanks for watching.

[@jeffhrycuna3349]

I had a 1976 scout with a four cylinder and a 4 speed manual transmission it wasn’t very fast but it would go anywhere through anything

[@HisAssholiness]

hadda 1975 scout II , bought it in hawaii , jungle love , loved it so much i shipped it to cally when i moved, mountains , beaches, moved to vegas, desert , did it all flawlessly , even towed pretty well , for a short wheelbase like that , was great havin the 4x4 option when launching my boat on slippery launches and night and day better ride than any jeep i been in, one of the best vehicles ever made

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

100%

[@djvalentin]

What a great video!! Keep them coming !!😊

[@captivecombustion]

Thanks for the positive vibes 😃

[@geeeee8268]

I was excited for a second... before I've heard it's going to be an electric veedub... fuck.

[@Ulfstigandr]

This sure sounds like a cash grab at nostalgia. A new scout would look and drive very much like a Jeep Wrangler.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Only it would sound like your mixer!!!!!

[@brianschooley3833]

I had a Scout II, I loved it, miss it alot

[@captivecombustion]

Hopefully you'll able to get one again.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

I have one now, 1978 Terra was a security vehicle for Jack Daniel's, when purchased new!!!!!!!!!

[@susanbezio6708]

Had a 1966 be back in the 1970's removable top with a plow on the front. Great vehicle for living up in Maine. I wish I had kept it now, never had a problem with it.

[@wenull3]

Man I have a feeling they are going to drop the ball, the market for a Scout atleast from what I see isn't looking for a all electronic unit. Hybrid would be an easier move but offroader are not really EV people.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yes 100%

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

I'm sure in a parking lot everyone will gather around this new one instead of my '63 Model 80 full trail rig that I'm asked if I will sell every other day.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yes, same with my 78 Terra

[@jeepguy220]

ok got to use that iconic tag line, International scout anything less is just a car!!

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yes

[@andrewmcroy9482]

Too bad they didn't offer a tdi version. It would be fantastic.

[@captivecombustion]

That would be awesome.

[@edog7059]

That would be a bit like a rugged, stripped down version of my TDI Touareg and yes, it would be fantastic!

[@merlinnwolffe8534]

The first time I saw the new Ford Bronco I thought it was the old Scout reborn with no power. The resemblance was obvious.

[@peterclark3097]

Great, another electric truck! I’ll keep driving my paid off truck!

[@captivecombustion]

and you wont have to charge it with a generator 😆

[@musicauthority7828]

You failed to mention the Travel all. which was similar to the Suburban. and the Bronco wasn't built because of the Scout. both the Bronco and the Scout were built because of the Jeep. Jeeps were a hot item Ford and International wanted in on that market. but the Scout, and the Travel, all and International pickups. were some of the toughest light duty vehicles ever produced. my father had a 1974 Scout II for many years drove it constantly. and in all that time it only needed a shift cable replaced. and I had a 1974 International 3/4 ton pickup. and all the time I had it I had to replace a reverse band in the transmission. if Volkswagen reintroduces the Scout it won't be under the International name.

[@RedneckDeluxe]

Putting a Scout name plate on something doesn't make it a Scout.

[@jeffduncan2942]

They will be like the bronco. The prototypes looked beefy and rugged like the 60’s and 70’s then they rolled out and I think the Kia Telluride is more rugged and masculine than the bronco. RIP Scout 😅

[@arianasullivan5982]

Love the old Scouts! It's my "realistic" dream car. I hope they don't screw it up like Ford did with the Bronco. It needs to be not "citified", i.e. made for back wood, mountain roads and places there won't be a charger and reliable.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

100%

[@SGTGardner]

Huge scout fan, but I won’t buy an electric vehicle version of the scout. I will just keep driving mine.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yes 100%

[@harrybaulz666]

Way to go! Introduce a new ev when they ain't selling👍

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Oh I hope VW builds them just to show VW executives an electric scout will not sell , if they would build it with gas and diesel engines at a reasonable price I would bet it would sell as good as jeep or bronco!!

[@StevenBelmont-je6yc]

I owened five VW's in my time, Super Beatle was the best, still have it! Electric Scout in my future, who know's, l trust Volkswagen!🙂👍. Thank's for the info. Steve

[@mattheweburns]

From my experience, every single year of international scout parts, even sometimes during the same model year, the parts, interchange between the same models of international scout are horrendous. I think one of the reasons people didn’t completely love them is because their parts were not uniform at all, one model would have some things that other models didn’t I’m not sure why this was but it made it very hard to fix any problems because even with the year make and model and submodel you could not get the right part the first time around

[@LegendStormcrow]

You're sparing the drills and welders too much. If a scout can't be named "Frankie" then it's been handled with kid gloves.

[@honda3wheeler]

Ih was a VERY cheap brand, it was a workers brand, they used the same doors on basically every model of truck from 1/2 ton to over 2 ton trucks for decades. They even tinkered with the idea of a plastic body, but it would have been too expensive. They settled with stamped sheet metal and made all the surfaces flat as possible to keep costs down, They cut down their v8 into a slant 4 to save money on making a new engine, so you could use the v8 and Comanche i4 parts interchangeably. They offered over 100 different sub models, they had everything, like post hole doggers, PTOs left or right hand drive, 3 point hitch, winches, etc. They even sold "half scouts" which depending on what you select is basically just the bare minimum, chassis, drive train front end but to doors, box or sides. Being a kinda cheap workers brand quality control may or may not have been good or even existed but most parts between most IH trucks are interchangeable.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

That was never a problem for me , most of the time I could look at the part and know what would interchange Ford Dodge, Chevy a lot of Ford parts would be the same such as brakes and drive train, engine parts were a little different but if you kept up the maintenance wasn't much of a problem they would run for ever!!! I am on my third one now and have never had to open an engine yet!

[@HowardJrFord]

It would be better to just let the scout rest in peace than do this to it .

[@cor2ran]

I really think this channel is underrated for what I just learned

[@captivecombustion]

Thanks for the watching. We appreciate you!

[@cor2ran]

@@captivecombustion I’m following for sure! You guys have any other media? Literally this video prepared me to argue with like 30 ppl and win

[@christopherfamularo8600]

Please don’t ruin the look of the old scout. Don’t make them look like a bronco or anything but a scout. You will have people buy them if they are a scout!

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

And anything under the hood except a sewing machine motor!

[@thomasmcwilliams5852]

We had a’64 Scout. 80. Great times with it! Lots of things broke with hard use/abuse. It opened up a lot of county at a time when 4x4s were relatively uncommon. All electric is not a good idea in my opinion.

[@captivecombustion]

totally feel this.

[@Allcatschew-l7yy]

I love the 1961-71 first line Scouts, and have wanted one since I was on the eve of getting my first car, but between I-H telling us "Shift For Yourself" (No automatic until the waning years of the superior first gen, and that most rusted their way back into the Earth!) I didn't stand an ice cube's hedged bet in Hell, and now, they're as beloved as Corvettes, and priced like a 'Vette! NOW, I would give up my hobbies, girlfriends, EVERYTHING to scrimp and save for the new Scout in the offing. But I'll only attempt it PROVIDED we get the retro styling that was planned, not the ConAgra inspired lines I'm seeing! AND, either the electric vehicle's ease of usage (Something Ford as I hear is getting a bum rap for) is not Captcha inspired (Like Ford's is) and EVERY bug worked clean out of the design and corporate technology, or I'll spend instead on a concours sixties Scout restoration that may be gas hungry, but I'll be a content good sport buying tankloads of Gulf petrol, and make a decades old dream come true. It is up to Volkswagen, who I couldn't give better scoring to for even WANTING to bring back the Scout; just give us the Scout "People's Car" as close as we remember it. We drive a mean bargain, but we're honest!!! If not, I'll hew to Matchbox cars.

[@timothyhoward5785]

Put a small Diesel motor in them? And they would sell like hotcakes.

[@leonb2637]

The early ones had 4 cylinder engines which were 1/2 of IH's truck V-8's. IH also made pickup trucks and large SUV's (Travelall) until the early 1970's. The SUV's were like the Chevy Suburban and popular with those towing trailers. The Scouts were somewhat popular, especially where they sold trucks and farm equipment. They were a larger alternative to the Jeep vehicles of the time. VW has long owned the MAN brand heavy truck and bus line vehicles and more recently Scandia. IH Truck was bought by VW related company (Navistar) as the brand has lost much of its standing for medium to heavy trucks due to a horrible failure as to their diesel engines to try to make them work at government mandated lower emissions without DEF. They also lost sales to Paccar (Kenworth, Peterbuilt), Volvo (including Mack) and Mercedes-Benz owned Freightliner.

[@honda3wheeler]

They weren't an alternative, they were the alternative to the jeep, they literally did anything, they had PTOs, winches, were dually, were diesel, had i4s, had v8s, you could buy the scout with just the grill and the drive train and chassis, people put post gole diggers on them, garbage hoppers, dump beds, conveyor belts, complete armored bodies, forest firefighting which included duals, rotating beacon and a complete external cage. They were originally made to fill the market and demand for off-road fun vehicles which previously was only the jeep, they made it simple and all it needed was a slant 4 and 4x4 to get it places, it became the original Sport Utility Vehicle.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

1980 was last year for the light line international trucks, scout, traveler, Terra, 1/2 ton, 3/4ton and 1 ton ect

[@jamesthemotormaniac2807]

Completely agree with @ Roger Ringer Electric is NOT what a scout is! Make it gas or diesel and I would buy one in a heartbeat. Wouldn’t even consider an EV.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

And not anybody else that would want a Scout would buy one in EV

[@genegoodwin8925]

The Scout will be competition for Ford's Bronco, only electric. Every time I see the old "H I" emblem of Internation I remember what it really is. The "H" are the rear tires of a tractor while the "I" is the tractor and the dot for the "I" is the tractor seat. I wonder how many people see this emblem and not know what it really is.

[@ramblerdave1339]

I thought the dot, was the farmers head, not the seat.

[@genegoodwin8925]

@@ramblerdave1339 Only if he has a square head. Maybe he's a REAL square.haha

[@ramblerdave1339]

@@genegoodwin8925 I lived in farm country for a while, I think International knew their consumers. 🤭

[@craigbarras1512]

So who is placing the charging stations in the mountains and forests?

[@sammycroslin4656]

The scout was a noisy crude ruff riding an driving jungle bumper but it was made of enuff metal it would last.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Everything you just said is true and why I love them!!!!

[@phonesexspeaks-dx9mh]

That would be fun to drive!

[@maico125]

Gas or Diesel and I'd buy a Scout

[@freedomwon2004]

I was lucky to have owned a 1967 & 1969 Scout.

[@timmy2dogsable]

Stood on seat going down the highway to see over the dash. Till 1979 dad bought a brand new Chevy camper special 1 ton dually. Dad swiped my legs out from under me said no standing on the new bench seat.

[@rj8288]

In 1975 a new US law called Corperate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) killed the Scout, because Internationeal Harverter only produced trucks and not high fuel ecomomy passenger cars. This is what killed the Scout even though the Scout had the the highest fuel ecomomy with the 2.5 liter 4 cylender engine.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

CAFE, signed into law by Gerald Ford, a republican, is one of the things that destroyed our auto industry.

[@grunyonthoughtsfromagrunt8264]

This news peaked my interest. Until they said electric, absolutely no interest whatsoever.

[@user-wy5mk8xu7n]

International Harvester never declared bankruptcy. Company was renamed NAVISTAR in 86, Did not have ownership change till July of 21 when purchased by VW.

[@Joshua-uw7wm]

Next to the bronco the scout is my favorite SUV

[@totogelen659]

When i was a child about 6yrs old... saw this car the IH scout, i love this vehicle to look at coz it looks tough and simple they are in philippine road same as bronco, blazer and landrover.. glad i was in my late 40s and i will see this vehicle again hope it will not depart from its original looks and design.

[@levyoliver5363]

So nice to hear. Ive seen some IH Scouts on Philippines Roads like in Binondo Manila Philippines

[@muddypawsadventurer7775]

Scouts are farm equipment, also known as Cornbinders. I own a 65'. EV is a non starter out west as an off road vehicle or an overlander. If VW wants to capture the true essence of an IH Scout for the future, it needs to be HY-bred style. Having to park at an electric plug out in the middle of no where... yeah.. just not going to happen. Looks like they're going for the urban market or local cruiser.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yeah sounds like they want to build mall crawlers, that won't last long!!

[@jonbender9110]

Jeep has a suv surprising similar in appearance to the scout. Every time I see one it reminds of the scout

[@levyoliver5363]

That is the Jeep Renegade.."

[@mopar_dude9227]

It will be a Scout in name only. Just another EV “off-roader” that will be cruising the blacktop and never be off road. It is kinda funny that they are using an iconic name to attract buyers that most likely never heard of an IH Scout. Those that have heard of a Scout, won’t be interested in buying an EV. A good diesel hybrid would be a much better idea. Give it a diesel that has enough balls to off road without needing the hybrid system, and a hybrid system that can go 50-75 miles on a charge for city driving. The problem would be in making it so it can be 4 wheel drive using the diesel, and 2 wheel drive using the hybrid (electric) system. Maybe have the hybrid electric motor built into transfer case with a clutch system of some kind that disengages when in 4 wheel drive, but can engage to run the front wheels with the electric motor. Hmm, maybe I should look into designing that myself,😅

[@desertdan100]

If these companies would go back to the root of why these vehicles were so popular, it would help. I owned binders in the past. I owned and sold several Scouts. The best ones had the v8 instead of the inline 4. If you took the 4 cylinder and added new turbo tech like the Silverado 1/2 ton, you would have a good base . Then they could add a plug in Hybrid system to it to both meet new laws and give us a portable power plant for the Bush or off-road wilderness. The old Scouts were basically 1/2 ton rated, and that's why we liked them over Jeep CJs. The gearing had a proper low range in it. I drug logs with mine to clear trails. I could bury to the axles in mud , put it in 1 st gear in low range and just churn my way out. At the end of the day, I could open the doors, hose it out, and not worry about it. They better not turn it into another Mall crawler, or it will be short-lived. The other points of Scout were simplicity and toughness. If they turn it into an EV it better be like a Rivian at twice the range and half the cost.

[@captivecombustion]

I hope who ever is designing the scout sees your post and make this come true.

[@MarcoAtlarge]

I think some had the 232 6cyl AMC

[@desertdan100]

@@MarcoAtlarge What would be awesome is if they could bring back the jeep 242 or even put the 4 cyl Cummins in it but this world wants to go all EV. They don't care what you or I want. I have owned a lot of jeeps and the 4.0 L is an awesome engine and built like a little tractor motor. I always liked the slant 4 cyl Volvo and the Mopar slant 225 motor. All of them were pretty much bullet proof but the 345 V8 was a good torquey motor. Today I would go with something similar to the 4 cyl. turbo found in the Chevy Silverado. That motor is a beast for it's size and the torque curve mimics a diesel. It could be built to be kind of multi fuel. If they want to go zero emissions fine let's have an engine that can handle high altitude and burn Alcohol, CNG,RNG, H2,syn fuels, Ammonia, whatever. Add in a PHEV system to it and pump out hundreds of thousands. I think our days of a stupid simple off roader are gone.

[@MarcoAtlarge]

@@desertdan100 Mahindra Roxor is about it if you want simple

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

You are correct!!! If you had to explain it to them they wouldn't get it anyway!!!!!!

[@ChrisLoew]

Will it have a motor ecu switch to bypass epa testing, that is a feature VW does well.

[@captivecombustion]

😂

[@faceinthecrowd5810]

Learned to drive on my Dad’s 1970 Scout, V8 w/ 3 speed stick! Rather have the OG.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yeah, I learned to drive in a 1600 Loadstar at about 12 dad said to bring the truck to the next field we were planting and have been driving ever since, good thing I had been watching him drive and shifting gears!!!!!

[@jimdelarosa9776]

Haven't we figured out yet that EV'S are gonna run gas (generator s). What's the point???

[@gharr1405]

I wish I still had my 64 Scout

[@timfoote2874]

If the new Scout costs what the Ford Broncos do, I won't be able to afford one.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Even if it was gas I couldn't afford one!!!

[@brianbirc]

They were pretty cool 4x4's my uncle ad one

[@troygaskins1301]

For the record !!! My Dad is responsible for the Scout 2 making it to production.. that's right he was the Cheif stylist at IH.. for the idiots that don't know the original Scout 2 was built in 68 to 75... not this new one

[@jeffmullinix7916]

So he's the one that made the Gen 2 so ungly and fat .KISS = Keep it simple stupid .

[@troygaskins1301]

@@jeffmullinix7916 if your referring to the original Scout 2..from the early 70s than ya .. not this new one...assho..le

[@joerivas9847]

So we will now know who is partially responsible for the scout battery fires...................Your dad associated it with in any way, he shares the blame.

[@troygaskins1301]

@@joerivas9847 you must all be idiots..my comment was the original International Scout built-in the late 60s to early 70s model.. not this new one

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

I have an original Scout ll 1978, are you saying it's not an original Scout, what is it a VW?

[@chomihai]

Exciting news

[@ericmuschlitz7619]

It wasn’t a merger, it was a licensing agreement.

[@stephenburger7386]

I used to love the Idea of a new scout, the way to ruin a legend is with electric

[@reloadnorth7722]

I am 60 and remember them quite well. When I was 15, Dad and I fixed up a 1951 International L110 pickup, for my first vehicle. I presently have a 1950 Farmall H - Distillate model. I was interested until the narrator said EV. Sorry, no.

[@LegendStormcrow]

First I've heard of it. I'm glad the Scout is back, but it being VW makes me nervous. For anyone wondering why you don't see scouts, it's not because they sucked. Far from it. They actually were great. They just were never taken care of. No International has.

[@captivecombustion]

We are too. We dont want the dash to be lite up like a Christmas tree 🎄. Ducati is under the vw group. They are alright.

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@captivecombustion Despite my German heritage, I'm always going to be nervous about German engineering. Even the tigers of WW2 is vastly over rated. They did make great cars like the OG Beetle, the Vanagan, and had great rally cars back in the day though.

[@jasonnorthcutt3771]

I was interested until you said electric and Volkswagen.

[@charlesgallagher1376]

I was car shopping back in 1982. I saw an ad in Arizona selling a Scout prototype, one of two for $3500. I didn’t have the cash. Wonder what happened to it.

[@aljaberhk]

is the travellall caryall gonna be revived too?

[@supersmurf64]

I have a 61 scout and a 64 waiting for restoration. I drove the 61 back in the 80s and acquired the 64 as a parts truck. I have to say, this is not the way I wanted to see a scout comeback 🤔

[@WC_Beer_Reviews]

They will need to do what ford and jeep weren't willing to do, make a bare bones chariot, stripped of their bells and whistles. There's a larger market out there for entry level vehicles than they want to admit to, because there's not as much profit in them. But real enthusiasts want to build their off road vehicles up themselves. The market is there for them! Look at old Tacomas and Wranglers. Half of them didn't even have air conditioning, and they still hold their value. I understand times have changed, but make things available for the WHOLE market!

[@captivecombustion]

Wish they didn’t make vehicle just for profit 🥲

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yes, with gas and diesel engines, plain Jane without all the plastic trinkets we are going to remove as soon as we get it home anyway, bare bones and tuff as nails like old school Scouts!!!!!!

[@Wildersport]

Historically speaking, Scout is not a brand, but a model under a brand. Like Golf, Jetta, Silverado, etc... so it would properly be International Harvester Scout.

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Yeah, and International Harvester Scout would not build an electric Scout!!!!!!!

[@oldgolfer9332]

I owned an International Scout 1974 it was super hard on gas but would go anywhere I remember it had two 10-gallon fuel tanks but one leaked I had to fill the one tank that did not leak with fuel every day as I drove the Scout to work approximately 25 miles each way. I would like to have one now it would go anywhere.

[@ernieforrest7218]

I sure hope they have solved the body rust issues.

[@captivecombustion]

We would hope! 🤣

[@user-ms1ci2vm1e]

Just store the rolls of body steel inside instead of out in the elements like International did , it was rusty when it was formed into body panels!!!

[@muskaman2k]

I could be wrong, but i feel like the scouts awareness for younger generations have been learned through the video game Snowrunner; which may or may not have to do with the revival 😅

[@captivecombustion]

That game is fun!

[@muskaman2k]

It sure is! Speaking on my behalf, im 35 and never heard of the scout till i started playing mudrunner and snowrunner lol…only cared about track cars till i got into rc 4x4 cars/trucks and started playing mudrunner and snowrunner 😂😂 very cool stuff!

[@harryhaller8539]

I read the Lada NIVA was the first SUV. Which is it?

[@vichy7661]

When I first saw the retro Ford Bronco, I thought this was a retro IH Scout.

[@tombrewer144]

I grew up in FT. Wayne, Indiana where the Scouts were made. IH had a pretty big presence there. Loved Scouts as a kid and hated seeing the line shut down...which put a LOT of people out of jobs. My Grandpa only drove IH pickups until he couldnt get them anymore and bought a Ford F250 in '78 or '79. Bringing back the Scout is a great idea! However, if they do it like this, it will likely be a total failure. EV is not the answer for the future of transportation, especially trucks 🤦‍♂️.

[@captivecombustion]

We watched a video of an electric f150 pulled over with a generator in the bed charging it. Definitely not the way 🙅‍♂️