Rocket13foxtrot
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I think if SM incorporates every idea in this and other threads that you'd have a $100k vehicle with a little sport, questionable utility, and a lot of posh and complexity. So, they could market it as a CPEV (Complex Posh Electric Vehicle) and demonstrate how it's able to clip curbs with impunity as you try to make the turn in the Starbucks drive-thru... and then keeps your mocha double whip whatever warm via the integrated beverage warmers, and prevents spills via gyro-stabilized cup holders with inertial measurement units...
I'm not against nice features or innovation that is functional. The Chevy/GMC multiflex tailgate, aluminum in F-150s, and car play/android auto are good examples. But I am against adding a ton of features that are neat and brief well on a spec sheet, but betray simplicity, utility, and function, which I see as being core to the Scout brand identity... at least I hope. I'm just a guy with an opinion but it would be a shame to take that Scout legacy and attempt to build a better Rivian or Hummer for a similar price. But I don't think that's the vision, and that's why I have a reservation.
As an aside, off-road vehicles tend to be tall. Hot take- I think that's a characteristic you have to be prepared to accept or mitigate on your own if you're shorter and want an off-road vehicle. Tall folks who want sports cars don't expect the car to raise up so they don't have to bend down, do they? Also the first I heard that Scout went out of business because they didn't advertise to women...?
I'm not against nice features or innovation that is functional. The Chevy/GMC multiflex tailgate, aluminum in F-150s, and car play/android auto are good examples. But I am against adding a ton of features that are neat and brief well on a spec sheet, but betray simplicity, utility, and function, which I see as being core to the Scout brand identity... at least I hope. I'm just a guy with an opinion but it would be a shame to take that Scout legacy and attempt to build a better Rivian or Hummer for a similar price. But I don't think that's the vision, and that's why I have a reservation.
As an aside, off-road vehicles tend to be tall. Hot take- I think that's a characteristic you have to be prepared to accept or mitigate on your own if you're shorter and want an off-road vehicle. Tall folks who want sports cars don't expect the car to raise up so they don't have to bend down, do they? Also the first I heard that Scout went out of business because they didn't advertise to women...?
