# The International Harvester Scout returns **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** international\ **Created:** [September 4, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087 "2024-09-04T12:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/1 "2024-09-04T12:15:08Z")
… albeit as an EV produced by VW: > **[VW-Owned Scout Motors Confirms Oct 24 Launch Date For New EVs | Carscoops](https://www.carscoops.com/2024/09/vw-owned-scout-motors-confirms-oct-24-launch-date-for-new-evs/)** > > Teaser video showing a roof-mounted compass is designed to hint at the truck and SUV concepts’ off-road abilities ---
**Author:** ![eddo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/eddo/32/2594_2.png) [@eddo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eddo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/2 "2024-09-04T16:07:33Z")
i’m not sure what to think about this… I’m not sure my '77 Scout would have approved. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/3 "2024-09-04T20:34:53Z")
WOW a compass! That really makes it an off-roader. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/4 "2024-09-04T21:47:58Z")
I just wish the OE’s would stop bringing back old retired vehicle names, unless they are like the Chargers and Challengers (w/gen 3 Hemi’s), but don’t call a 4 door EV crossover thing a Mustang, or a truck a Maverick, or a FWD 4 door Fiat a Dart, FWD Blazer, etc etc etc… Come up with new names… gezzz ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/5 "2024-09-04T22:14:52Z")
I completely missed that VW bought Navistar. VW could use a boxy off roader. But since it is an EV, I predict it will be a bust ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/6 "2024-09-04T23:28:18Z")
Magna is doing the development for Scout, same co that gave us MB 4matic ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/7 "2024-09-04T23:52:12Z")
Magna is the same company that built the Fisker Ocean, too. It isn’t the quality that will sink it… it is the product. EV offroader and trucklet? That hasn’t gone well for anybody. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/8 "2024-09-05T06:29:22Z")
Being built in a brand new factory should be interesting, we’ll have to see what the actual product looks like though. Might be more of a rival to Rivian. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/9 "2024-09-05T14:49:29Z")
I was dating a gal in the mid 1980’s who had a 70’s International Scout. The very definition of a large SUV today, but before the word “SUV” was invented! Horrible gas mileage but tuff as nails. She bought a VW Rabbit for better mpg and gave the Scout to her Mom. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/10 "2024-09-05T16:08:44Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > I just wish the OE’s would stop bringing back old retired vehicle names, unless they are like the Chargers and Challengers (w/gen 3 Hemi’s) What about a Charger or Challenger EV that does 0-60 in a couple of seconds and has instant max torque? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/11 "2024-09-05T18:39:53Z")
Hmm, my 70 Scout was midsize compared to a full size SUV, approximately the same size as my 98 Explorer 2 door. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/12 "2024-09-05T18:53:42Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > What about a Charger or Challenger EV that does 0-60 in a couple of seconds and has instant max torque? We will see what happens… [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/0/e039ae72380b3a6b21c349bc50a8fdbe9d198ab0.jpeg "Dodge CEO Reveals 2 New Car Models For 2025 & SHOCKS The Entire Car Industry!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF7jbNsx7Eg) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/6/f6b531d2b407e328341423dd6e2a028d5fbc7b0c.jpeg "Dodge unveils first all-electric muscle car the Dodge Charger Daytona") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YNo14J0i3g) ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/14 "2024-09-07T11:51:22Z")
Just drove by the manufacturing plant. They are a long ways from being done. They just started building the access road from the Interstate. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/15 "2024-09-07T15:51:50Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > Hmm, my 70 Scout was midsize compared to a full size SUV, approximately the same size as my 98 Explorer 2 door. That’s a long time ago and my memory remembered it big! I think it was like the size of a Suburban but 2 or 3 feet shorter. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/16 "2024-09-07T15:59:27Z")
This 71 is similar to mine. What I liked in 4X4s of that era, mechanical shift of the transfer case. My current 4XX has electrical switching of the transfer case. Works okay, but slower. ![IMG_2579](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/9/390cdde96c31f761cd229b0efc8e9e441597b94d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/17 "2024-09-07T16:23:01Z")
The Chevy Nova is one of those. One model was a muscle car while it was re-released as a basic import economy car. There is nothing wrong with those of course but calling something like this the same name is dumb. It was basically a Corolla of its time. Personally I like the 3rd gen of these the best. > **[Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevy_II_/_Nova)** > > The Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova is a small automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, and produced in five generations for the 1962 through 1979, and 1985 through 1988 model years. Built on the X-body platform, the Nova was the top selling model in the Chevy II lineup through 1968. The Chevy II nameplate was dropped after 1968, with Nova becoming the nameplate for all of the 1969 through 1979 models. It was replaced by the 1980 Chevrolet Citation introduced in the spring of 1979. The Nova nameplate return... ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/18 "2024-09-07T17:09:28Z")
Looked At Buying a Nova, early 70’s I think, it had a Pontiac Ventura dashboard (Ventura nameplate) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/19 "2024-09-07T19:07:28Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > This 71 [Int’l Scout] is similar to mine. Those Scouts were definitely very popular where I lived in Colorado in the 60’s & 70’s . ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/20 "2024-09-07T19:24:10Z")
I am not a big GM fan, but I do respect and can appreciate most all muscle cars… Yes the 1st and 2nd gen Nova’s are cool, 2 door and some wagons, but if I was looking to build a GM, it would be a 3rd gen Nova… But the 5th gen Nova was an abomination calling it a Nova, hated GM for doing it… At least when Mopar came out with the 5th gen Charger (and 84-93 Daytona’s) you could get it with a turbo and it had some style… Still would have preferred a new name for them though… ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087/21 "2024-09-07T19:28:46Z")
> [@glasspilot](#): > > I think it was like the size of a Suburban but 2 or 3 feet shorter. Are you thinking of the Travelall? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/7/276d59857c7e39bb84fb1c1bf21ddde4a4c86cde.jpeg) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087.md?page=2)