Scout has more than 50,000 reservations

[eddiet1212]

Is this official Scout Motors info?

VW's Scout has more than 50,000 reservations for upcoming EVs as automaker aims to grow U.S. share

VW's Scout has more than 50,000 reservations for upcoming EVs as automaker aims to grow U.S. share

Volkswagen, which revived the old American brand, said Scout is part of its plan to grow its market share in the U.S.

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[cyure]

The article referenced in this thread is dated beginning of January 2024 and stated 50,000 reservations. I watch the YouTube video of the event in Blythewood and during the presentation I swear I heard 75,000 reservations. If that’s correct that’s amazing and quite an increase just from January.

 

[eddiet1212]

The article referenced in this thread is dated beginning of January 2024 and stated 50,000 reservations. I watch the YouTube video of the event in Blythewood and during the presentation I swear I heard 75,000 reservations. If that’s correct that’s amazing and quite an increase just from January.

Thanks for the update.

75,000 reservations - 19:09 on the Blythewood community event video

 

[THil08]

The Reservation are moving pretty steady. 25k in only a month from the last check.

 

[Mousehunter]

Not to be a downer - but turning reservations into sales is a hard thing. Reservations show interest, true. But sales is putting your money where your mouth is.

Not sure if it is true, but found an article discussing the end of the Cybertruck reservation program. It said Tesla managed to convert 2.5% of reservations into sales. Part of that was probably due to the production delays, perhaps some was not hitting all the performance numbers. I suspect some was people hoping to flip their reservations. But probably the most was the price change.

 

[chucchinchilla]

Not to be a downer - but turning reservations into sales is a hard thing. Reservations show interest, true. But sales is putting your money where your mouth is.

Not sure if it is true, but found an article discussing the end of the Cybertruck reservation program. It said Tesla managed to convert 2.5% of reservations into sales. Part of that was probably due to the production delays, perhaps some was not hitting all the performance numbers. I suspect some was people hoping to flip their reservations. But probably the most was the price change.

Tesla deserved a low conversion ratio on Cybertruck because they couldn't keep the wild promises they made nor could they make a car without rampant quality issues. While nobody knows what Scout quality is going to be like, and as a longtime VW/Audi owner I'm not giving them a free pass on that one lol, I will say the promises they've made so far seem achievable. No bulletproof military grade vehicle that floats on water for $40K BS and no overhyping dialogues from Scott & Co.

 

[NewEnglandDannyD]

Curious if Scout has shared any analysis on the reservation data, other than overall model mix? Curious by region/state for where they’ve gained traction so far.

 

[cyure]

Curious if Scout has shared any analysis on the reservation data, other than overall model mix? Curious by region/state for where they’ve gained traction so far.

Not that I have seen. The last number I heard was at the presentation in SC the gentleman speaking said they had 75,000 reservations at that point. But nothing broken down by area.

 

[Chris27]

Tesla deserved a low conversion ratio on Cybertruck because they couldn't keep the wild promises they made nor could they make a car without rampant quality issues. While nobody knows what Scout quality is going to be like, and as a longtime VW/Audi owner I'm not giving them a free pass on that one lol, I will say the promises they've made so far seem achievable. No bulletproof military grade vehicle that floats on water for $40K BS and no overhyping dialogues from Scott & Co.

Agreed. It to mention the Tesla Cybertruck is a complete disgrace to all things labelled ‘truck’. The fact they had to place the name ‘truck’ in the vehicle name to remind the consumer the design is intended to be a truck speaks volumes of the lack of the overall design. People who reserved probably realized how ridiculous turning this into a purchase would be.

Is there a way to see where you are ‘in Que’ with your reservation ?

 

[cyure]

Agreed. It to mention the Tesla Cybertruck is a complete disgrace to all things labelled ‘truck’. The fact they had to place the name ‘truck’ in the vehicle name to remind the consumer the design is intended to be a truck speaks volumes of the lack of the overall design. People who reserved probably realized how ridiculous turning this into a purchase would be.

Is there a way to see where you are ‘in Que’ with your reservation ?

Not that I am aware of. The reservation numbers were randomly generated in what I was told.

 

[THil08]

Agreed. It to mention the Tesla Cybertruck is a complete disgrace to all things labelled ‘truck’. The fact they had to place the name ‘truck’ in the vehicle name to remind the consumer the design is intended to be a truck speaks volumes of the lack of the overall design. People who reserved probably realized how ridiculous turning this into a purchase would be.

Is there a way to see where you are ‘in Que’ with your reservation ?

Scouts reservation number are random and there is no way to find where you are in the queue.

 

[R1TVT]

Right, but just b/c they are random doesn't mean that they don't have a queue. Every reservation will have a timestamp associated with it.

That said, and upon launch, having an early reservation might not necessarily guarantee you get your truck earlier than someone with a later reservation (based on configuration or model). If they roll SUV's off first, that might impact order of delivery for example. If pure BEV comes first (which seems likely), you may have a later reservation than someone looking for the Harvester, and you might get your truck first. They may also prioritize prod based on interior and exterior selections. Certain colors may come first, etc. etc. etc.

 

[cyure]

As long as I get my Scout.

 

[THil08]

Right, but just b/c they are random doesn't mean that they don't have a queue. Every reservation will have a timestamp associated with it.

That said, and upon launch, having an early reservation might not necessarily guarantee you get your truck earlier than someone with a later reservation (based on configuration or model). If they roll SUV's off first, that might impact order of delivery for example. If pure BEV comes first (which seems likely), you may have a later reservation than someone looking for the Harvester, and you might get your truck first. They may also prioritize prod based on interior and exterior selections. Certain colors may come first, etc. etc. etc.

Fine by me if the Harvester starts later. Thats means all the issues that happened it the beginning will be ironed out.


But at the same time, Scott has said that its gonna be one production line either one standardized chassis and the only thing that is different is the powertrain.

 

[J Alynn]

Agreed. It to mention the Tesla Cybertruck is a complete disgrace to all things labelled ‘truck’. The fact they had to place the name ‘truck’ in the vehicle name to remind the consumer the design is intended to be a truck speaks volumes of the lack of the overall design. People who reserved probably realized how ridiculous turning this into a purchase would be.

Is there a way to see where you are ‘in Que’ with your reservation ?

As @cyure noted. It was stated early on that reservations are all randomly assigned so that nobody knows where they stand. Think they are trying to avoid the Bronco debacle when it went to orders and shipping

 

[J Alynn]

Fine by me if the Harvester starts later. Thats means all the issues that happened it the beginning will be ironed out.


But at the same time, Scott has said that its gonna be one production line either one standardized chassis and the only thing that is different is the powertrain.

Agreed but since harvester is still being engineered it may behoove them to roll the BEV’s first for a bit to get actual vehicles on the street until final mechanical designs wrap up for Harvesters to get to full production

 

[dreamweaver]

Agreed but since harvester is still being engineered it may behoove them to roll the BEV’s first for a bit to get actual vehicles on the street until final mechanical designs wrap up for Harvesters to get to full production

That would be nice. We are EV all the way.

 

[cyure]

As @cyure noted. It was stated early on that reservations are all randomly assigned so that nobody knows where they stand. Think they are trying to avoid the Bronco debacle when it went to orders and shipping

Okay what was the Bronco debacle?

 

[J Alynn]

Okay what was the Bronco debacle?

Early res, parts shortages, first editions taking 18 months to deliver, people double dipping orders for flips and dealers making fake orders making it harder for other to get while they added $1,000’s in markups. To name a handful…

 

[cyure]

Early res, parts shortages, first editions taking 18 months to deliver, people double dipping orders for flips and dealers making fake orders making it harder for other to get while they added $1,000’s in markups. To name a handful…

Okay yeah, no thanks to any of that.