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[J Alynn]

The V-6 is the new V-8. Their customers don’t understand that the power of the engine doesn’t matter once it’s more than some minimum needed to meet the recharge rate necessary for their distance goal.

Sad that people aren’t opening to change their mind set. But I’ll continue saying that until I die-I suspect.

 

[J Alynn]

Remember that this powertrain was developed for the Ramcharger truck. Which has a stated design goal of 14k lbs of towing, up passes, at speed limits. So it makes sense that the engine is going to be larger than the harvester.

Also, the Pentastar V6 has got to be cheap as chips for them now. Its an old engine, that they've put in tons of vehicles. So its also a possibility its just a "this engine is super cheap, lets throw one in".

This jeep is the exact same platform, with a different body on top. They just kept the same drivetrain.

That makes sense when I see it from that point of view. Was just thinking with Stellantis also having so many engines there would be something smaller and more efficient to get the job done but it is Jeep so maybe efficient isn’t the true goal. Just headlining to find a middle ground to appeal to everyone and be able to write off all the R&D spent for the RAM that will likely never be. Nothing like knowing your audience

 

[J Alynn]

Not sure why the author thinks it "looks like an off-roader", bc clearly it doesn't.

Some of the headlines to grab eyeballs have the opposite effect.

Also:

"It comes with a one-inch lift, revised high-clearance bumpers and all-terrain tires."

He lives in NYC-to him that is an off-road vehicle

 

[J Alynn]

I clicked away after the first several seconds. I am not their audience either.

And I’ve been a gearhead since I could pick up a screwdriver.

I wish I had the patience for all the behind-the-scenes editing and etc. But your comment makes me wonder if I would need to spend too much time with the editing… “Headed for PBS” is the kind of stuff I’d be comfortable making.

My thinking too. I keep thinking of several vlog ideas (not all Scout mind you) but the idea of editing kills me. I sat on a flight a few months ago and watched a late 20/early 30’s guy doing editing on some skateboarding videos. I’m not about to nock skateboarding-no issues -unless destroying property grinding things-but the video was TERRIBLE, I’ll go so far as to say STUPID visually but I sat there wondering how many followers the guy had and was like-I KNOW I can do better content but no desire to do all that editing. My sister and I have a great concept for a cooking show on food network and everyone we’ve talked to says it has legs and could do well but neither of us wants to spend hours editing so No Show.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Not sure why the author thinks it "looks like an off-roader", bc clearly it doesn't.

Some of the headlines to grab eyeballs have the opposite effect.

Also:

"It comes with a one-inch lift, revised high-clearance bumpers and all-terrain tires."

To be fair to the author, the headline is not their choice. I hated editors’ changing the headline/title of my articles when I wrote.

The author said, "The XRT rounds out the family with rugged, off-road vibes.”
To me, that’s very different from “looks like an off-roader.”

 

[Logan]

"Soft Roader" would be more appropriate.

Its really just because the factory Ioniq 5 has super low ground clearance. Another inch of ground clearance puts it up to... 7in.

Or still like 1.7in less than every single Subaru SUV.

Its more like "this 'suv' can now sort of do CUV things, instead of just car things".

Honestly if they just kept it with normal all season tires, it would be good. Or even something like a pair of Cross Climate 2's or something like that. Because honestly, for the types of dirt roads (and other situations 7in of ground clearance is good for), any of those are typically fine. And less of a range hit.

 

[cyure]

This is behind a paywall. Anyone have Washington Post so we can see this article. I’m really interested to read it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/10/14/ev-gender-gap-women/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=threads&utm_medium=social

 

[cyure]

I can’t wait till Scout does stuff like this.

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[Chuckles]

Why a V-6 though. Don’t they have a 4-cyl or smaller that would work like you guys are doing with the Scouts?

I read an article about the Ramcharger months ago and someone from Ram said the pentastar V6 was cheaper than using one of their turbo fours.

2026 Ram Ramcharger Tech Deep Dive: How This EREV Pickup Works

Here’s more of what makes Ram’s electric-when-you-want (around town), gas-powered-when-you-don’t (towing/hauling/traveling) “light-duty” pickup truck tick.

www.motortrend.com

 

[THil08]

I read an article about the Ramcharger months ago and someone from Ram said the pentastar V6 was cheaper than using one of their turbo fours.

2026 Ram Ramcharger Tech Deep Dive: How This EREV Pickup Works

Here’s more of what makes Ram’s electric-when-you-want (around town), gas-powered-when-you-don’t (towing/hauling/traveling) “light-duty” pickup truck tick.

www.motortrend.com

It probably is, because Ram would have to develop a 4 cylinder. Because Stellantis won't shred their engines from other brands.

Anything Stellantis Makes is Doo Doo. All of my friends that owned Jeeps now own Broncos, because they are more reliable and cheap to maintain.

 

[Chuckles]

It probably is, because Ram would have to develop a 4 cylinder. Because Stellantis won't shred their engines from other brands.

Anything Stellantis Makes is Doo Doo. All of my friends that owned Jeeps now own Broncos, because they are more reliable and cheap to maintain.

Stellantis 4-bangers are world engines. There's no gatekeeping. The Ram 1500 diesel came from VM Motori in Italy (owned by Stellantis).

 

[LastDayScout]

I tried to watch it, but couldn’t get past my immediate and intense distrust of the bro on camera or the unnecessary background music. Kind of echoing @J Alynn on this: these videos weren’t made for me to consume. Car content has so far proved pretty repellant. Most of what I’ve seen on such as a YouTube seems so ego-driven, like it’s about personality and the desire to be An Influencer first and then the subject matter comes second. Bleh. I want car content from people like me: people who generally don’t give a shit about cars but know what they like and don’t like and then share whatever unvarnished thoughts fall out of their heads about a thing with production values like it’s headed for PBS (which is to say “minimal video overproduction”). I will watch that, but it’s never getting made outside of my mind’s eye.

There are some that are good. But, I agree that many are impossible to watch. I’d like to know the average duration watched for a lotvofvthose videos. The titles are well written clickbait bait. That’s there best attribute

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

This is behind a paywall. Anyone have Washington Post so we can see this article. I’m really interested to read it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/10/14/ev-gender-gap-women/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=threads&utm_medium=social

DM sent. It felt too long to post here. But I wouldn’t object if you did.

 

[SrfnFly227]

It's the Pentastar because they have to put in in something for the next few years. The contract with UAW signed in 2023 included a provision that the Pentastar would continue to be produced at a specific factory until 2028.

 

[cyure]

DM sent. It felt too long to post here. But I wouldn’t object if you did.

Thank you! I will. It’s a great article. Part of the reason women state they aren’t buying them is they don’t feel comfortable in the online forums trying to get their questions answered. I am happy to say I have never felt that way here! Not once. ! Thanks guys.

I’ll just do it this way because it is lengthy.

https://community.scoutmotors.com/direct-messages/replies/9108/

 

[Chaz26]

I read an article about the Ramcharger months ago and someone from Ram said the pentastar V6 was cheaper than using one of their turbo fours.

2026 Ram Ramcharger Tech Deep Dive: How This EREV Pickup Works

Here’s more of what makes Ram’s electric-when-you-want (around town), gas-powered-when-you-don’t (towing/hauling/traveling) “light-duty” pickup truck tick.

www.motortrend.com

I still bet when it’s released a lot of the people will be saying they won’t buy it unless they put the V8 Hemi in there.

 

[JAngley]

I enjoyed this prior video from their channel

But this new one was pretty bad.

They can get wordy and monotone honestly. I followed them when they started the Scout coverage. That recent video is shaky as hell, new iPhones smooth that out so much they could’ve used that. That being said one day I do want to start YouTube talking the nonsense like we talk here to I don’t want to hate too much plus it’s nice to see the trucks up close in video format.

 

[oldgeeksguide]

Aptera is still moving forward.

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I’d love to see them succeed, but I get more skeptical every year. It’s probably not a vehicle for me, but I’d love to see them on the road.

 

[J Alynn]

DM sent. It felt too long to post here. But I wouldn’t object if you did.

Is it worth the read?

 

[J Alynn]

It's the Pentastar because they have to put in in something for the next few years. The contract with UAW signed in 2023 included a provision that the Pentastar would continue to be produced at a specific factory until 2028.

That’s interesting-didn’t know they had that commitment