The North American truck market is a gold mine for the automakers however solely a number of of them handle to monetize the most important section on this area of the world. Volkswagen doesn’t have a product on this class but and it appears that evidently there’s nothing coming a minimum of till the tip of the last decade. Sorry, VW sellers.
The corporate’s retailers in america have been asking for a pickup truck for years however for now, it seems that their wants gained’t be answered. That’s although Volkswagen is cooking up a truck underneath its Scout model. Nonetheless, this product gained’t be shared with the VW core marque, leaving the sellers with no competitor for the Ford Ranger, F-150, and bigger vans.
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Only recently, Thomas Schafer, the newly appointed world head of the Volkswagen model, mentioned the Rugged SUV platform that’s at present underneath improvement for the mentioned Scout model will not be in VW’s plans. In the meantime, Pablo Di Si, the brand new head of VW in North America, believes a brand new pickup from VW “must be electrified,” leaving the model with no choices for a combustion-powered utility.
“For the time being, our deal with the lineup does not embody it,” Schafer instructed Automotive Information throughout a roundtable earlier than the Los Angeles Auto Present. “For the time being, we now have a transparent lineup throughout the second half of this decade. Then once more, within the American market, in case you do not play in sure segments, then it’s important to keep in a sure market share space. However the query of [VW’s new Rugged SUV platform] will not be our precedence in the intervening time.”
Apparently, the German firm must make do with Volkswagen’s present portfolio, which, a minimum of, features a good variety of SUVs. As for the newly based Scout model, it’s anticipated to carry a manufacturing truck to the US market however this gained’t occur till 2026. An electrical SUV can also be within the playing cards.
As a aspect be aware, Volkswagen displayed the Tarok idea through the 2019 New York Auto Present, giving the sellers and prospects some religion a truck may very well be launched within the US. The prototype had a 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 147 horsepower (110 kilowatts), delivered to all 4 wheels via a six-speed automated gearbox.
Observe: VW Tarok idea pictured.