VW takes over the name Scout which belonged to Navistar
- Last year, the Volkswagen group bought the American truck brand Navistar (Trucks International) integrated into its truck division Traton, which already included the Swedish brand Scania and the German brand MAN, as well as the VW Trucks brand available on South American markets. With the acquisition of Navistar, Volkswagen can finally compete with the world leaders in heavy goods vehicles such as Volvo Trucks and Daimler Trucks. Like these two leaders, Volkswagen finally has an American truck brand, since Volvo Trucks owns Mack and Daimler Trucks owns Freightliner.
- The acquisition of Navistar by Volkswagen also allows the German manufacturer to relaunch the Scout name which was the property of the American manufacturer and which designated a 4x4 close to the Ford Bronco. The Scout was manufactured from 1961 to 1980. It was then available in SUV and pickup versions and a total of 532,674 units were produced.
- This success, although distant, prompted Volkswagen to take up the Scout name, which from 2026 will designate a range of 100% electric SUVs and pick-ups that will compete with electric SUVs and electric pick-ups such as the GMC Hummer, Rivian, etc… They should resume the design of the old Scout models in broad strokes.
- It will therefore be an autonomous brand within the Volkswagen group which will be active only in the American market, where the name of the German brand has been deemed unsuitable for this type of vehicle. Volkswagen hopes to eventually be able to sell 250,000 Scout brand vehicles a year.
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