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[THil08]

Honestly the Audi is fairly believable. I think Jamie already mentioned the possibility of the plant making vehicles for other parts of the VW group with excess capacity. It would make a lot of sense for them to do it with a vehicle that is >80% Scout.

But I am not overly worried that the Audi would delay the Scout launch - or honestly effect the Scout market all that much.

Scouts will be for the Out in Field Working Class of America and Enthusiast, don't want to hurt people's feelings. And Audis will likely be a bubble looking off-roader, that's for the Big Man that sits on his bottom all day looking at his computer, getting paid millions of dollars a year.

Scout will have its own Market place. The only thing is that I haven't seen one reliable source reporting it yet. Only reliable source is taht the CEO of Audi has "hinted" at making a G class competitor.

 

[maynard]

Good to know.

https://insideevs.com/news/779210/ev-battery-replacements-data-tesla/

Thanks! Good info...

 

[THil08]

For my Harvester Buddies, Oil Prices expected to drop. Cheaper gas for us finally. Gas prices dropping only took 4 years of rising for it to finally drop.

Goldman Sachs: Oil Prices To Drop to $53 In 2026​

 

[bb00799]

For my Harvester Buddies, Oil Prices expected to drop. Cheaper gas for us finally. Gas prices dropping only took 4 years of rising for it to finally drop.

Goldman Sachs: Oil Prices To Drop to $53 In 2026​

Dam, and right as some of my old lab mates moved out to West Texas.

 

[cyure]

I didn’t know this was a thing.

 

[THil08]

I didn’t know this was a thing.

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It’s to see how sucky the painting is done, and how resistant the panels are.

 

[THil08]

Audi is gonna keep Scout making money! It might not be too bad after all. The question is what is this thing going to look like? Obviously not as beautiful as a Scout, because we all know as you get richer your taste of style seems to drop.
And it looks like it’s not coming out until 2028.

 

[speedrye]

Audi is gonna keep Scout making money! It might not be too bad after all. The question is what is this thing going to look like? Obviously not as beautiful as a Scout, because we all know as you get richer your taste of style seems to drop.
And it looks like it’s not coming out until 2028.

That might be the answer for some of the members here that want $100k+ of features in their $60k SUV...

I'm optimistic that Audi will do a good job and NOT make it look like the rest of their vehicles. It's not like Mercedes's G looks like the rest of their lineup. Hopefully they use parts compatible with our Scouts so we can maybe pilfer an upgrade or two from their part's bin.

 

[Chaz26]

Audi is gonna keep Scout making money! It might not be too bad after all. The question is what is this thing going to look like? Obviously not as beautiful as a Scout, because we all know as you get richer your taste of style seems to drop.
And it looks like it’s not coming out until 2028.

I wonder if they'll try and do a SUV version with a modern take on the old Audi Quattro that they won the WRC and play off that off-road rally type heritage.

 

[J Alynn]

Scouts will be for the Out in Field Working Class of America and Enthusiast, don't want to hurt people's feelings. And Audis will likely be a bubble looking off-roader, that's for the Big Man that sits on his bottom all day looking at his computer, getting paid millions of dollars a year.

Scout will have its own Market place. The only thing is that I haven't seen one reliable source reporting it yet. Only reliable source is taht the CEO of Audi has "hinted" at making a G class competitor.

It was hinted at the reveal by SM and VEAG members if that helps. Wasn’t stated publicly but I’m sure 4-6 months after Scouts start rolling out Audi will announce start of production