VW Execs Rule Out New Truck For America

The North American truck market is a gold mine for the automakers however solely a number of of them handle to monetize the most important section on this area of the world. Volkswagen doesn’t have a product on this class but and evidently there’s nothing coming at the very least till the top of the last decade. Sorry, VW sellers.

The corporate’s retailers in the US have been asking for a pickup truck for years however for now, it seems that their wants gained’t be answered. That’s even supposing Volkswagen is cooking up a truck below its Scout model. Nonetheless, this product gained’t be shared with the VW core marque, leaving the sellers with no competitor for the Ford Ranger, F-150, and bigger vehicles.

Only recently, Thomas Schafer, the newly appointed international head of the Volkswagen model, mentioned the Rugged SUV platform that’s presently below growth for the mentioned Scout model isn’t in VW’s plans. In the meantime, Pablo Di Si, the brand new head of VW in North America, believes a brand new pickup from VW “must be electrified,” leaving the model with no choices for a combustion-powered utility.

“In the mean time, our give attention to the lineup would not embrace it,” Schafer informed Automotive Information throughout a roundtable earlier than the Los Angeles Auto Present. “In the mean time, now we have a transparent lineup during the second half of this decade. Then once more, within the American market, when you do not play in sure segments, then you must keep in a sure market share space. However the query of [VW’s new Rugged SUV platform] isn’t our precedence in the meanwhile.”

Apparently, the German firm must make do with Volkswagen’s present portfolio, which, at the very least, features a good variety of SUVs. As for the newly based Scout model, it’s anticipated to carry a manufacturing truck to the US market however this gained’t occur till 2026. An electrical SUV can also be within the playing cards.

As a aspect observe, Volkswagen displayed the Tarok idea through the 2019 New York Auto Present, giving the sellers and clients some religion a truck may very well be launched within the US. The prototype had a 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 147 horsepower (110 kilowatts), delivered to all 4 wheels by means of a six-speed computerized gearbox.

Word: VW Tarok idea pictured.