Volkswagen Group in Could established the brand new firm Scout Motors tasked with designing, creating, and constructing electrical off-roaders within the U.S., primarily for U.S. clients.

Each an SUV and a associated pickup truck are deliberate, for launch round 2026, and Scout on Monday launched a teaser photograph depicting an idea for the SUV. It joins a earlier teaser sketch offered through the Could announcement exhibiting an early design for the SUV and pickup.

The Scout identify comes from the Worldwide Harvester Scout constructed between 1961 and 1980. Scout’s rights belong to VW Group by way of its possession of Navistar, the business truck firm shaped from Worldwide Harvester within the Eighties.

The teaser materials factors to a design clearly influenced by the unique Scout. Key targets might be automobiles just like the Rivian R1S and R1T electrical SUV and pickup duo, in addition to the upcoming Jeep Recon and anticipated electrical Ford Bronco.

All VW Group has stated in regards to the automobiles is that they may journey on a brand new platform.

Scout on Monday additionally launched a Scout discussion board to maintain current and future Scout house owners knowledgeable on the progress of the automobiles, in addition to present them with a way to have interaction with the corporate, much like what Ford has achieved with its Bronco Nation discussion board.

Scout stated it additionally plans to determine a Scout Registry geared toward sustaining an in depth checklist of traditional Scout automobiles and serving to to attach the house owners of these automobiles.

“The Scout fanatic group has preserved Scout heritage,” Scott Keogh, Scout’s CEO, stated in a press release. “We’re excited to be part of the group and need to foster interplay and trade as we reimagine this American icon.”