Though pickup vehicles are a giant deal in North America, Volkswagen has confirmed in a brand new report that it including a truck to its lineup will not be a precedence. Though some sellers have been asking for a truck, VW has determined to focus its efforts on crossovers and SUVs.
“In the intervening time, our concentrate on the lineup doesn’t embody it. We’ve got a transparent lineup throughout the second half of this decade. Then once more, within the American market, when you don’t play in sure segments then it’s important to keep in a sure market share space. However the query of [the new “Rugged SUV” platform] will not be our precedence in the mean time,” Volkswagen model boss Thomas Schäfer informed Automotive Information.
Pablo Di Si, the pinnacle of Volkswagen’s North American division additionally added. “What are the related segments within the U.S.? SUVs and pickups. Are we going to have a pickup? I’ll attempt. Do we now have one now? No. Proper now, my focus is on strengthening the SUV portfolio. I’ll tackle pickups on the proper time, however proper now I’ve different points to sort out.”
Over time Volkswagen has teased the concept of a truck, just like the Atlas Tanoak idea that debuted in 2018. The idea was based mostly on the identical unibody platform because the Atlas SUV and would have been an excellent rival to the Honda Ridgeline. Sadly VW ended up canceling the challenge. In 2019 it adopted that idea up with a second pickup idea known as Tarok, however it appears to be like like that additionally isn’t going to enter manufacturing.
Whereas we could not see a VW truck anytime quickly, VW is gearing as much as launch the brand new Scout model that’s impressed by the Worldwide Harvester Scout that was offered from the Nineteen Sixties to the Eighties. This time although the vary will embody an electrical SUV and pickup.
