Early Deliveries, Terra foam mode, and Plant Details

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I headed to the local baseball game today and had a chance to stop by Scout Motors’ Columbia Professional Office. They had the Terra and the architectural scale model of the plant on display (I’m sure it’s been there for a while).


The pickup is much larger than I imagined, which is a good thing. If I were to compare it to current models, it’s larger than a midsize truck but smaller than a full-size truck in terms of width. Its height and length, however, are on par with a full-size pickup.


One thing I was late to finding out is that locals who placed reservations on day one will take delivery first, and they’ll even be able to pick up their vehicles directly from the factory.


The foam model looked great and really highlighted several design details. You can really see the aerodynamics if you know what you’re looking at. Behind the rear doors, the grab handles appear to incorporate a flying buttress-inspired design.


The bed also sits right at chest level for me (I’m 5’11”). I’m interested to see the Traveler in person because the Terra impressed me enough that I could be convinced to switch my reservation.


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I headed to the local Baesball game today, and got a chance to stop in to Scouts Columbia Professional Office. They had the Traveler and the architectural scale model of the plant on display. (It’s been there for a while I’m sure),

The pickup is much larger than imagined. That’s a good thing. If I were to compare it to current models, larger than a midsized but smaller than a full sized (width wise), height and length were on par with full size.

What I was late to the party to find out was the locals who reserved on day one will take delivery first, and we will be able to pick them up from the factory.

The foam model looked great and really highlighted a few details. The aerodynamics can really been seen if you know what you’re looking at. Behind the rear doors the grab handles look as if they are also somewhat of a flying buttress.

And the bed is right at chest level to me (I’m 5’11”). I’m interested to see the Traveler as the Terra is nice enough I could be convinced to switch my reservation.
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Thanks for the reporting from the day. Appreciate the pictures as well.

Also just for clarification, they stated South Carolina buyers who put in their reservation on day one will go first? That’s new information as far as I know.

Thanks for the update.
 
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Thanks for the reporting from the day. Appreciate the pictures as well.

Also just for clarification, they stated South Carolina buyers who put in their reservation on day one will go first? That’s new information as far as I know.

Thanks for the update.
Correct. She also stated that when we are notified about the next steps, we can choose to build our own or pick one already being assembled.
 
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