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Volkswagen model Scout mulling Australian market; RHD to come back after 2027 United States, Canada launch?


With the resurrection of the Scout model in 2024 as a model for electrical SUVs and pick-up vehicles, the model might be making its solution to the Australian market, based on Australian web site Automobile Skilled.

Scout CEO Scott Keogh has revealed that the Australian market is inside the agency’s plans, following the model’s scheduled launch in the USA and Canada in 2027.

“We need to nail America and Canada. These might be our first markets after which after that we’ll look to different markets and positively Australia’s on the record,” Keogh informed journalists on the Munich motor present earlier this week.

Scout Traveler SUV and Scout Terra pick-up truck

The primary fashions to emerge from the Scout model are the Traveler SUV and the Terra pick-up truck, each of serious dimension, measuring 5,280 mm lengthy and 5,822 mm lengthy, respectively. Beneath the pores and skin, an 800-volt electrical structure helps as much as 350 kW DC of quick charging and bi-directional charging, enabling battery vary of as much as 350 miles or 560 km.

Each the Traveler and Terra will even be out there with a range-extender engine choice, and the ICE-augmented powertrain will yield vary of greater than 500 miles or 800 km. For off-roading credentials, each Scout fashions might be of a ladder body building and be fitted with a strong rear axle, entrance and rear locking differentials and over 900 mm of water wading functionality.

The order e book for the Scout Traveler and Terra opened final 12 months in the USA, priced from US$50,000 (RM217,500 at change charges of the time) together with incentives, or US$60,000 (RM261,000) at common pricing.

GALLERY: Scout Traveler

GALLERY: Scout Terra


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