Well let's look at what lies ahead. You currently have California dealers filing a class action suit against Scout claiming they are being denied access to scout brand. VW heavily invested in Rivian and Scout. Looking ahead the auto industry isn't exactly flourishing. Nissan merging with Honda...
Auto shows and their pop pop's doing what they do. Give your grandkids unconditional love and listen their smarter than us all. Bluey drives a Scout !!!
If I own any business I want foot traffic anyway I can get it and this is an area I will pursue. Look at it this way your a VW dealership things haven't been going well lately. Then your corporate office is coming out with a new brand called Scout and telling you your out you can only sell the...
The great thing about all this is it seems there's a good team in place. And they will figure it all out and once they do we will be like 5 yr olds on Christmas Eve waiting for our new truck. Anything worthwhile is worth waiting for just ask everyone who's married twice. So I hear im a 42 yr...
Keep in mind I don't think VW's stance is to say FU to their current dealership network they might even give them the option to be a distributor for scout and a service center operator but on a direct consumer model. Let's worry about what we can control and hope those who do have control apply...
I am sure when VW came up with re launching of scout and how they were going to market the brand. They / Lawyers drew up a good plan to combat the dealership suit so let's see who wins Morgan and Morgan or Demand Rand will
But once again let's turn the TV off and go play some golf and next year we'll be picking colors and options and hopefully Scout is asking us for our shirt sizes Santa Clause is coming to town !!!
Chrysler / Dodge ( Rivian , Scout , VW, ) As Stanlantis owns various brands and they sell multiple brands under the same roofs. This as well as BMW and Mini and now Honda merging with Nissan are going to set presidents for pending court challenges. But once again Scout can set base prices and...
Difference is VW has an established network of dealers promised their cars and services from the mother ship. Tesla and Rivian were brand new brands not spun off of other brands. Scout was an established brand. Reincarnated by VW who has franchise agreements with its dealerships for new...
What's baffling to me is scout didn't have and agreement in hand to sell directly to consumers in South Carolina before they broke ground Im sure Tennessee or Georgia would have matched SC offers. Now they could have to ship cars out of state for delivery if not approved If i'm spending 2...
You won't have to but you and me before we stuck a shovel in ground this be worked out beforehand. So the leaders of Scout need to address it before launch. To me it's simple have their design team draw up plans to mimic their current proposed experience centers at 20 million a clip or we buy...
Listen it's California VW dealerships bringing this most likely it's a more favorable court and other state VW dealerships will jump onto a class action suit. If they can prove VW used EU union profit funds to fund scout it could show involvement. But you stated Scout was waiting for this suit...
Dealers should see what just happened with Cadillac when they rolled out the Lyriq. They required dealers to modify Their dealership's at high cost or be bought out. VW can issue a 20 million dollar dealership model making current dealerships to take buyouts allowing Scout to swoop into...
The Octopus VW isn't going anywhere they have many tentacles. And like any conglomerate especially EU publicly traded companies will utilize a mishap to broaden their future margins. As to think VW sat on the rights to Scout funded it and have an interest in scout utilizing their hardware and...
Once building is under roof and all manufacturing equipment is onsite. Riggers will start laying out equipment placement any electric and plumbing will be check for proper placement. Along with over head lighting and automation HVAC paint exhaust so once under roof your looking at 8 to 10 months...
You know i once owned a successful business and my secret was allowing everyone to have skin in the game our profit margins were steady and we all had each other's back. Once we're all thrown in the same Fox hole we find out how much we really have in common. That's why I look forward to shaking...
I believe GM paid back loan and by making the loan they protected many jobs that pay social security taxes and many other area taxes. So let's make Scout Great again by keeping it real. Merry Christmas !!!