Hypothetical 2025 Volkswagen Scout SUV Rushes to the EV Party to Fight Rivian and GMC

Today, some of them still exist in the same format – like the reinvented sixth-generation Ford Bronco – but have now converted to a compact and mid-size way of life. Others are curiously absent from the market – like the Chevy K5 Blazer's direct successor – because GM thinks the Tahoe and Suburban will do, even though fans scream their hearts and lungs out that they want something with just three doors.

Interestingly, the niche story of the International Harvester Scout off-road vehicle – initially conceived as a rival of the Jeep CJ – has become fascinating enough to warrant a revival, too. Both the original Scout and the second-generation Scout II were made in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as two-door trucks – and the only other version was a half-cab pickup truck.

The Scouts represented an excellent alternative to their main rivals for almost two decades – 1961 to 1980 – but then fell into oblivion and were revered only by classic off-road SUV enthusiasts. However, more than two years ago, the rumor mill reignited people's passion for the Scout nameplate as reports emerged that the Volkswagen Group may seek to revive the Scout nameplate as a direct competitor for the Jeep Wrangler, Ford Bronco, and Toyota 4Runner or the upcoming 2024 Land Cruiser.

A little later, in 2022, Volkswagen officially confirmed its plans to revive the Scout as a stand-alone brand producing electric pickups and SUVs after it gained the rights to the Scout branding through its Traton commercial vehicle business' acquisition of Navistar. The idea is not bad at all – look at GMC with the Hummer EV and Hummer EV SUV revival or the Rivian new-kid-on-the-block and its R1T plus R1S twins.

However, VW had better move a little faster than the predicted timeline of 2026 because the EV landscape is changing quickly. If you're not patient enough to wait for them, no worries; the imaginative realm of digital car content creators is always ready and willing to oblige. So, the good folks over at the Q Cars channel on YouTube aim to daze and amaze the audience with a potential styling of their vision for the upcoming Scout EV revival.

This unofficial Scout EV SUV takes much from the boxy ethos of recent crossovers like the Hyundai Santa Fe and EVs like the GMC Hummer EV SUV or Rivian R1S. As such, maybe it's not precisely what diehard Scout fans might expect – but it's undoubtedly a hypothetical creation in tune with contemporary design trends. So, would you buy this one instead of the Hummer EV SUV or R1S, and maybe even a practical pickup truck like the Tesla Cybertruck?